Somewhere an American soldier depends on you
Narrow banner-format sheet in red and navy lettering reading 'Somewhere an American soldier depends on you', with a red ordnance shell-and-flame emblem at the right. There is no figure; the tell is the direct address, which ties the reader's work to a soldier's need. The technique is faint here, and transfer (the army emblem) is the closest fit.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ordnance Department, U.S. Army
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Ordnance Department, U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1781 (NAID 515454).
Text on the object
Somewhere an American soldier depends on you [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 19[illegible]-O-[illegible] [imprint:] ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, U.S. ARMY [ordnance emblem] [illegible]
