---
title: War Bonds Will Keep Him Punching
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/war-bonds-will-keep-him-punching-1942/
description: 'Cartoon war bonds poster: Uncle Sam punches a Hitler-like figure (swastika on sleeve) off his feet while holding a bent-over, bespectacled Japanese…'
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

**Content note:** Racial caricature of a Japanese man and mock broken-English speech; swastika on a punched figure. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![War Bonds Will Keep Him Punching](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/war-bonds-will-keep-him-punching-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/war-bonds-will-keep-him-punching-1942.jpg)

# War Bonds Will Keep Him Punching

Cartoon war bonds poster: Uncle Sam punches a Hitler-like figure (swastika on sleeve) off his feet while holding a bent-over, bespectacled Japanese caricature under his arm; a bald third figure cries, saying 'I'm a no do nothing!' Footer: 'War Bonds will keep him punching!' The enemy is shown as ridiculous and helpless (name-calling), the Japanese figure with racialised features and mock broken English.

## Text on the object

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

```
I'M A NO DO NOTHING!

WAR BONDS WILL KEEP HIM PUNCHING!
```

'I'm a no do nothing!' is in a speech bubble from the crying figure at right. The signature at lower right reads as 'Boring'. The footer line underlines 'KEEP'.

[← Wanted! For Murder — Her Careless Talk Costs Lives](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wanted-for-murder-careless-talk/) [What Do You Say, America? (Admiral Yamamoto quotation) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/what-do-you-say-america-yamamoto-owi-1942/)

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