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title: '"Good hunting, son, - you''re on your own now!!!"'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-good-hunting-son-alston-1943/
description: A large eagle labelled 'The U.S.A.' perches on a rock watching a smaller bird, tagged 'First Negro fighter plane squadron'.
section: Collection
---

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[!["Good hunting, son, - you're on your own now!!!", 1943 US cartoon: A large eagle labelled 'The U.S.A.' perches on a rock](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-good-hunting-son-alston-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-owi-good-hunting-son-alston-1943.jpg)

# "Good hunting, son, - you're on your own now!!!"

A large eagle labelled 'The U.S.A.' perches on a rock watching a smaller bird, tagged 'First Negro fighter plane squadron', fly toward the burning island of Pantelleria. The tell is a weak fit for glittering-generalities: the national eagle emblem and a parent-to-child farewell frame the first Black fighter squadron's combat debut as a national achievement.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

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

## Text on the object

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

```
THE U.S.A.
FIRST NEGRO FIGHTER PLANE SQUADRON
PANTELLERIA
"GOOD HUNTING, SON, - YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN NOW!!!"
[signed] Alston OWI
```

[← Frederick Douglass - Statesman, Abolitionist, Champion of the People](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-frederick-douglass-statesman-abolitionist-1943/) [Hon. Edwin Barclay - President of Liberia →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-owi-hon-edwin-barclay-president-of-liberia-alston-1943/)

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