Think! How Proud You Both Will Be
A man with an arm around a boy in a cap, who salutes a framed 'Honorable Discharge from the United States Army' beneath a flag, over the line 'Think! How Proud You Both Will Be'. The appeal is to the pride of a future shared by father and son, tying the viewer's identity to military service.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Service Series No. 16 (issuer not printed)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Service Series No. 16 (issuer not printed). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-272.
Text on the object
SERVICE SERIES No. 16 HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY Think! How Proud You Both Will Be Gordon Grant 272
A pencilled '272' at bottom left and the signature 'Gordon Grant' are on the sheet; the lines under the discharge heading are drawn as rules, not legible text.
