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title: The Little Jap Is a Big Job! (U.S. Army Official Poster)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/the-little-jap-is-a-big-job-army-1945/
description: A single Japanese infantryman with a bayonet, his helmet marked with a rising-sun flag, runs forward in front of a large red sun-ray disc on a white…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Ethnic slur in the headline; Japanese infantryman with bayonet before a rising-sun emblem. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

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# The Little Jap Is a Big Job! (U.S. Army Official Poster)

A single Japanese infantryman with a bayonet, his helmet marked with a rising-sun flag, runs forward in front of a large red sun-ray disc on a white triangle against a yellow field. The slur sits in the headline and the national emblem is enlarged behind the soldier, so the label and the flag stand in for evidence about the enemy's strength.

## Text on the object

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

```
U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER
The little Jap
is a BIG JOB!
I. S. D. No. 241
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945-O-651829
```

Imprint at the foot read from the scan; the last digits of the GPO order number are small.

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