...and remember USO is a big part of the National War Fund
Painted poster of a soldier in a garrison cap leaning out of a window and calling with a hand cupped to his mouth, over the line '...and remember USO is a big part of the National War Fund and your United Community Campaign'. A serviceman speaks directly to civilians on behalf of the fund (testimonial), tying the USO to a general community appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- National War Fund (USO), art by Howard Scott
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- 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 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
National War Fund. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-402 (NAID 513853).
Text on the object
...and remember USO is a big part of the NATIONAL WAR FUND AND YOUR UNITED COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN [signature:] HOWARD SCOTT [imprint:] LITHO. IN U.S.A.
