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title: To Make the World a Decent Place to Live In. Do Your Part, Buy U.S. Government Bonds. Third Liberty Loan
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/to-make-the-world-a-decent-place-third-liberty-loan-1918/
description: Silhouetted American infantry with fixed bayonets advance beneath a raised flag against a red sky, with the loan's name and a bond-purchase request below.
section: Collection
---

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[![To Make the World a Decent Place to Live In. Do Your Part, Buy U.S. Government Bonds. Third Liberty Loan, 1918 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/to-make-the-world-a-decent-place-third-liberty-loan-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/to-make-the-world-a-decent-place-third-liberty-loan-1918.jpg)

# To Make the World a Decent Place to Live In. Do Your Part, Buy U.S. Government Bonds. Third Liberty Loan

Silhouetted American infantry with fixed bayonets advance beneath a raised flag against a red sky, with the loan's name and a bond-purchase request below. The tell is the abstract goal of a 'decent place to live in', which no bond purchase can be checked against, attached to the flag and the soldiers' charge.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
TO MAKE THE WORLD
A DECENT PLACE TO LIVE IN
DO YOUR PART-BUY U.[illegible]S. GOVERNMENT BONDS
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN

HERBERT [illegible]PAUS
NIAGARA LITHO. CO.
```

The middle line is partly hidden by a crease and tear; NARA's title gives it as 'Buy U.S. Government Bonds'. The signature is partly legible.

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