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title: This is our war!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/this-is-our-war-1942/
description: Color photograph of an older woman in a gingham blouse holding a censored overseas letter, a mailbox behind her.
section: Collection
---

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# This is our war!

Color photograph of an older woman in a gingham blouse holding a censored overseas letter, a mailbox behind her. The caption quotes 'Tom', a serviceman, asking the home front to keep sending equipment, and the slogan reads 'This is OUR war!'. The technique is plain-folks, an ordinary mother, joined to a soldier's testimonial.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
And Tom says: "Tell the boys back home to just
keep shoving us the stuff -- and we'll drive it, fly
it, shoot it, on to the enemy! And from all of us
to all of them a million thanks!"
This is OUR war!
[on envelope:] EXAMINER 5,595
[on envelope:] GROW M[illegible]
DIG FOR VICTORY
[imprint:] Copyright 1942 Selwyn, Ltd. New York, N. Y. No. 10
```

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