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U.S. Army : guardian of the colors.

Description: Color image of four soldiers in army uniforms and helmets. Two in center hold flags (one U.S. flag and one with eagle crest). Two outside soldiers hold rifles.
Date: 1940
Creator: Woodburn, Tom B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Your metal saves our convoys : keep it coming!

Description: In the foreground, a man stands on a platform on a ship, shouting through a megaphone at several other men on deck who are loading and firing a large cannon-like weapon toward the sea. Other ships can be seen in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: Helck, Peter, 1893-1988.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Yanks are there! : the Army needs lumber for trucks.

Description: Color illustration of a long line of military trucks snaking their way through a mountainous area. At the very front of the picture is a soldier on a motorcycle, smiling, with his left arm raised in the air. In the truck behind him are other soldiers waving from the covered truck bed.
Date: 1943
Creator: Schmidt, Felix.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Your metal is their might!

Description: Three helmeted soldiers operate a large machine gun. Shells from the gun shower downward below it. Smoke from an explosion is seen in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: Schlaikjer, Jes Wilhelm, 1897-1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

They look to us for supplies.

Description: A group of soldiers with faces covered in dirt. Profuse sweat can be seen on the face of the soldier in front.
Date: 1943
Creator: Keppler, Victor.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Together.

Description: Seven servicemen of various ethnicities and nationalities (British colonies and Dominions) all stand at attention with rifles. The British flag waves in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A motor-cycle detachment of the British Army armed with "Tommy" guns.

Description: A color drawing of large number of soldiers on motorcycles, traveling down a road in the countryside. There are large tommy guns attached to the motorcycles, aimed forward, and the gun in the foreground appears to be firing.
Date: unknown
Creator: Davies, Roland.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pershing's crusaders.

Description: In the foreground is an image of General Pershing on horseback, leading his troops. Two soldiers behind him hold flags: a U.S. flag and a red flag with a gold emblem. Hovering in the background is a hazy image of medieval crusaders on white horses, carrying heart-shaped shields with cross images on them.
Date: 1918~
Creator: United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Your metal is on the attack : keep it coming!

Description: Color illustration of soldiers wading from a ship or boat through water and storming a beach. Behind them is a tank about to exit a ship. More ships, a small boat, and explosions can be seen on the water in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: Sewell, Amos, 1901-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Back 'em up with more metal.

Description: Color poster of two army soldiers in camouflage, holding rifles, crawling on their bellies on the grass at night.
Date: 1942
Creator: Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fight or buy bonds : Third Liberty Loan.

Description: Color poster depicts a woman dressed in a white gown and holding a U.S. flag in the air. Troops march in the background, also carrying a U.S. flag.
Date: 1917~
Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"--Pass the ammunition" : o.k. soldier--that's our job!

Description: A smiling soldier in a combat uniform and helmet carries a wooden box. The box is stamped, '50 FU ZES P.D., M46'. In the background are artillery guns firing into a dark sky and another soldier carrying a similar box toward the battlefield.
Date: 1943
Creator: Stanley, Frederic.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Su gli argini del Piave, dove maestosa si erge la Storica e millenario Venezia, l'orgoglio Unno trova certo tomba per l'eroismo delle legioni alleati : On this side of the Piave, where the beautiful and ancient City of Venice stands, the haughty Huns will surely meet death from the hands of the Heroic and Allied Legions.

Description: Color poster depicts a battle scene with the British, American, French and Italian forces on one side of the river and the enemy on the other side. In the background there is a view of the buildings of Venice. A female figure wearing a crown and draped in a red skirt hovers over the scene holding an Italian flag and a sword. A large yellow star shines behind her and over the city. At her feet are the words, "Da qui non si passa" ("They shall not pass"). At the upper left hand corner are small p… more
Date: 1918
Creator: Petronzio, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

I'll carry mine too! : trucks and tires must last till victory.

Description: Large poster created from photographs. In the foreground is a color image of a woman carrying groceries and parcels in her arms. She wears a green suit and hat, and a yellow blouse. In the background is a black & white image of soldiers marching with guns and backpacks.
Date: 1943
Creator: Sarra, Valentino, 1903-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pour le triomphe, souscrivez à l'emprunt national : les souscriptions sont reçues à Paris et en province à la Banque Nationale de Crédit.

Description: French soldiers of World War I march on the ground through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. From the clouds, a crowd of soldiers from past wars descend to join them. The figure of Bellona (the Roman goddess of war) of the "Marseillaise" sculpture on the arch appears to urge the soldiers on to battle.
Date: 1918
Creator: SEM
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A real partnership : He says, “Dear Dad--you’re getting the metal out. I’m dishing it out. We’re quite a team!”

Description: Black and white drawing of a man and woman sitting in chairs at home. The man holds a pipe and reads a letter, and the woman is knitting. A cat sits at her feet, gazing at the man. A miner's helmet hangs on the wall behind the man's chair. In the upper left is a drawing of a soldier in the field, writing a letter.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

"Keep that lumber coming!"

Description: Soldiers carry a beam of wood down to a river where a bridge is being built. The soldier on the right side of the picture is looking back and shouting toward the viewer. In the background is tropical scenery, an explosion, and artillery.
Date: 1943
Creator: Winslow, Earle, 1884-1969.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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