Content note: Caricature of the Japanese leader, named 'Togo', in a US Army cartoon. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Tomorrow May Be Too Late!
A ghostly, hat-wearing caricature of the Japanese leader tells a miner 'Take it more easy, mister miner, plenty time tomorrow', and the miner answers that Uncle Sam needs more ore today 'to lick the pants off you Togo'. The enemy is staged as the voice of delay, and the single remedy offered is to dig more now.
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army (seal printed on poster), printed by the Government Printing Office; drawn by Rollin Kirby
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- Home front, Labor, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Fear appeal
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- UNT Digital Library, University of North Texas Libraries (World War II Posters collection), ark:/67531/metadc309, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. federal work; federal imprint on poster)
UNT Libraries, UNT Digital Library, World War II Posters (metadc309). Rights basis: federal imprint/credit: 'U.S. Army' seal and 'U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942'.
Text on the object
Tomorrow may be TOO LATE! TAKE IT MORE EASY, MISTER MINER-- PLENTY TIME TOMORROW! OH YEAH? UNCLE SAM NEEDS MORE ORE TODAY TO LICK THE PANTS OFF YOU TOGO! U.S. ARMY ROLLIN KIRBY
Imprint at foot reads 'U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942 O-' followed by a number (not reliably legible). A handwritten accession mark appears at top right.
