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title: Where our men are fighting our food is fighting
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/where-our-men-are-fighting-our-food-is-fighting-1943/
description: A crate stencilled 'FOOD' hangs from a large red parachute against a dark blue sky, with a silhouetted paratrooper descending beside it.
section: Collection
---

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[![Where our men are fighting our food is fighting, 1943 US poster: A crate stencilled 'FOOD' hangs from a large red parachute](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/where-our-men-are-fighting-our-food-is-fighting-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/where-our-men-are-fighting-our-food-is-fighting-1943.jpg)

# Where our men are fighting our food is fighting

A crate stencilled 'FOOD' hangs from a large red parachute against a dark blue sky, with a silhouetted paratrooper descending beside it. The text 'Where our men are fighting our food is fighting' puts the supplies alongside the soldiers, and the footer asks for careful buying, cooking, storing and use of leftovers.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Where our men are fighting
OUR FOOD IS FIGHTING
[on crate:] FOOD

BUY WISELY - COOK CAREFULLY - STORE CAREFULLY - USE LEFTOVERS

[imprint:] OWI Poster No. 35. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D.C.
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-506016
```

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