Resource Type

U.S.A. in action : official pictures from world battlefronts.

A series of black & white photographs depicting the use and transport of military supplies.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Keep that lumber coming!"

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your metals fight on every front!

A series of six brown-tinted photographs with captions depicting the uses of metals in the armed forces during World War II. Describes the use of metals for vehicles, airplanes, bombs, and guns.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

U.S.A. in action : ASF men and material on far-off fronts.

A series of black & white photographs depicting the use and transport of military supplies.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army Service Forces.
System: The UNT Digital Library

We need more metal for more weapons.

Poster in green and white tones with green-tinted photographs. Poster shows a series of photographs of military equipment with captions describing the types of metals used for each. Photographs include: an army truck, a battleship, a B-24 bomber plane, a searchlight, an anti-aircraft gun, and tanks.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your metal in action.

A series of blue-tinted photographs with captions depicts the use of metal for war weapons and ships.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"Not behind the plow"-- your metals are in the Army -- everywhere.

Five photos of various war-related activities to show where metal goes to use in the armed services.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood flies to war : the Army & Navy need 20,000 square feet of plywood for each cargo plane.

A U.S. Army airplane flies through dark clouds.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood follows the flag.

A series of red-tinted photographs depict the use of wood for war purposes. Each photo has a caption describing how the wood is being used.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood at war.

Black and white poster with five photos showing the use of wood in military defense. Each photo has a caption underneath describing how the wood is being used.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library

We're free to choose-- : this today, or this tomorrow.

Black & white cartoon drawing with two frames. The top frame shows a radio announcer in the foreground and four miners in helmets in the background. The radio announcer mentions the importance and responsibility of miners to preserve liberty. The bottom frame shows Hitler holding a whip and threatening three weary miners who are forced to work long hours.
Date: 1943
Creator: Kirby, Rollin, 1875-1952
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood goes to war.

A series of blue-tinted photographs and captions describing the use of wood in war situations.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood lands our fighters : the Army & Navy need more lumber for landing barges.

Uniformed soldiers with rifles and machine guns storm a tropical beach. Boats and a battleship are seen in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your metal is on the attack : keep it coming!

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-
System: The UNT Digital Library

Wood gets 'em over! : the Army needs 17,000,000 board feet a year for pontoon bridges.

Soldiers build a wooden, pontoon bridge over a waterway.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Metal at the fighting front.

Five pictures of war activities involving metal. Each picture has extended text below the picture.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Bureau of Public Relations.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Meet your schedules -- for victory : the toughest job is still ahead!

Portraits of Navy admirals King, Ingersoll, and Nimitz, each with quotes in yellow speech balloons.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Navy Dept. Industrial Incentive Division.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Give us lumber for more PT's.

Color image of war ships at sea. In the foreground is a boat with "PT 34" painted on it, shining a light and speeding forward. In the background, a ship is sinking as explosive flames rise from it. Other ships and flames can be seen in the distance on the left.
Date: 1943
Creator: AEL.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Your metals fight : --on land -- on sea --in the air!

Six green-tinted photographs with captions describing the use of metals for military weapons, airplanes, and ships.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Army.
System: The UNT Digital Library

You give him wings! : the Army needs lumber for training planes.

A pilot in a khaki flight suit climbs into an airplane. Two planes are flying overhead in the distance.
Date: 1943
Creator: Ward, E. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library

If you tell where he's going, he may never get there!

A sailor looks back and smiles as he walks away. He wears an enlisted service dress blue uniform and carries a large white sea bag on his shoulder.
Date: 1943
Creator: Falter, John Philip, 1910-1982.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"We'll lick 'em-- just give us the stuff!"

A smiling soldier, with a bloody bandage on his right arm, holds a rifle with bayonet in one hand and a tattered Japanese flag in the other.
Date: 1943
Creator: McLeod, Ronald, 1897-1977.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rationing means a fair share for all of us.

Cartoon scenes at a butcher shop with and without rationing. In the "without rationing" scene, an older woman leaves the butcher shop with many packages, while a second woman buys only one meat chop. In the "with rationing" scene, each woman leaves the shop with ration book in hand, smiling and carrying the same amount of meat.
Date: 1943
Creator: Roese, Herbert.
System: The UNT Digital Library

"We'll lick 'em-- just give us the metal!"

A smiling soldier, with a bloody bandage on his right arm, holds a rifle with bayonet in one hand and a tattered Japanese flag in the other.
Date: 1943
Creator: McLeod, Ronald, 1897-1977.
System: The UNT Digital Library