Stay on the job to finish the job. Give him a better chance to get back
Colour painting of a helmeted infantryman in a sand foxhole aiming a Browning automatic rifle toward the viewer, under 'Give him a better chance to get back' and 'Stay On The Job To Finish The Job'. The technique is faint and mild: the soldier's gaze and the Army seal link a worker's output to his safe return.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (official poster, ISD No. 165; artist Ronald McLeod)
- 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, Labor, War and the military
- 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)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1805 (NAID 515484).
Text on the object
[signature: RONALD McLEOD] Give him a better chance to get back Stay On The Job To Finish The Job U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER ISD No. 165 [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O-589036]
