Careless talk got there first, , 1944

Item — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Subseries 2.9:

Staff Only

Scope and Content of the Subseries

From the Sub-Series:

This subseries warns civilians and those in the armed forces not to talk about troop movements or war equipment and supplies.

Dates

Creation: 1944

Creator

United States. Adjutant-General's Office (Creator, Organization)
Stoops, Herbert Morton (Artist, Person)
United States. Office of War Information (Distributor, Organization)

Languages

From the Collection:

Languages represented in the collection: English and French.

Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2 posters

Additional Description

Dimensions

28.5 x 40 in.

Note

Poster showing a paratrooper soldier limp and bleeding as his parachute lands, with other parachute troops, airplanes, and a bombardment shown in the background. Poster art created by Herbert Morton Stoops. Distributed for the issuing agencies by the Office of War Information. Produced by the U.S. War Dept., Army Service Forces, Adjutant General's Dept (cf. Monthly catalog, Issue 596, September 1944, p. 1092). Printed: [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944, O-593271. On verso: information about the designer of the poster. Reference Numbers: wwp00180_0001, wwp00180_0002