Col. Charles Young - West Point graduate, military attache to Haiti, Liberia
A pencil panel sheet shows a large portrait of Colonel Charles Young in uniform, a vignette of cavalry at San Juan Hill, a scene of soldiers crossing a river under fire, and portraits of two newly commissioned lieutenants. The tell is transfer: the record of a past officer is extended to current Black cadets 'following in the footsteps' of their predecessor.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (cartoon artwork; artist Charles Alston)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- War and the military, Race and ethnicity, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 208, Artworks and Mockups for Cartoons Promoting the War Effort, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-196 (NAID 535679).
Text on the object
THE LATE Col. Charles Young WEST POINT GRADUATE MILITARY ATTACHE HAITI, LIBERIA. SPINGARN MEDAL 1915 RESCUED TEDDY ROOSEVELT AND HIS FAMOUS "ROUGH RIDERS" AT SAN JUAN HILL. IN THE PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION DURING A TERRIFIC TROPICAL STORM, HE LED HIS MEN ACROSS A RIVER THROUGH A HAIL OF BULLETS TO THE RESCUE OF OTHER TROOPS, BRINGING THEM FOOD AND AMMUNITION. LIEUT. CLARENCE DAVENPORT LIEUT. ROBERT TRESVILLE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THEIR FAMOUS PREDECESSOR -- THESE CADETS WERE RECENTLY COMMISSIONED IN THE U.S. ARMY. Alston for OWI
