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title: '"Special Delivery for Freedom!"'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/special-delivery-for-freedom-alston-1944/
description: A pencil drawing shows a giant, bare-chested merchant seaman pointing ahead behind the bow of a ship marked 'U.S. Merchant Marine'.
section: Collection
---

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# "Special Delivery for Freedom!"

A pencil drawing shows a giant, bare-chested merchant seaman pointing ahead behind the bow of a ship marked 'U.S. Merchant Marine', with the Statue of Liberty at left and the text 'Maritime Day May 22 - 1944'. The tell is transfer and glittering generalities: the Statue of Liberty and the word 'Freedom' attach a national ideal to cargo shipping.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
"SPECIAL DELIVERY FOR FREEDOM!"
MARITIME DAY
MAY 22 - 1944
U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
```

[← Soldat roman! (leaflet to Romanian troops in the Crimea, 1944)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/soviet-leaflet-soldat-roman-adio-crimeia-1944/) [Staking brengt alleen ellende over uw eigen volk (Strike brings only misery upon your own people) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/staking-brengt-alleen-ellende-1944/)

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