"December 7th 1941 - Remember!!" (Dorie Miller at Pearl Harbor)
A black-and-white ink drawing shows a sailor labelled 'Dorie Miller' firing an anti-aircraft gun at Japanese aircraft over a sinking ship. The tell is testimonial: a named, real individual's conduct is held up as the example to follow, with the date as a rallying cue; the fear appeal element is mild.
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
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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 and Records Administration, Record Group 208, Cartoon Artworks and Mockups (NAID 535594), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 208, 208-COM-43 (NAID 535613).
Text on the object
DORIE MILLER PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7th 1941 - REMEMBER!! alston
