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
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.
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Information Service Division (ISD No. 241)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Name-callingTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA 515622, local id 44-PA-1940), Records of the Office of Government Reports, Record Group 44, series 'World War II Posters', retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. Government work; NARA use restriction 'Unrestricted')
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Text on the object
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.
