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1944-45 - World War II Posters :

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1944-45 - World War II Posters :
Lot of 3 WW II posters, all measuring 28 x 40." The first two are listed as an "Official Navy Poster, Industrial Incentive Division, 8-80M," while all three were produced by the "US Government Printing Office," Washington, D.C. 1) Every Mothers Son is COUNTING ON YOU! See the job through to VICTORY!, dated 1944. Artwork below the headline shows a young sailor manning a machine gun aboard a landing craft in the foreground, while in the background several additional landing craft are moving amid incoming fire and a plane billowing smoke as it falls into the sea. Photographs underneath the artwork show officers manning a bridge, a signalman at work, a pilot, an airborne gunner, and a group of sailors gathered below deck. 2) Victory Still Comes High, It's a Tough Road to Tokyo!, dated 1945. A caption in the lower right by Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, Commandant, US Marine Corps, reads "Each thing lost must be replaced - the landing craft that didn't make it - the supplies that couldn't be landed." Artwork in the upper left shows one man on either side helping an injured soldier make his way to safety. Four photographs below the artwork show the cost of a beach landing: two show what's left of the hulls of several destroyed landing craft; one shows just a portion of the men and materiel required (ships, landing craft, jeeps, etc.) to mount an invasion; while one shows a single soldier with equipment visible, lying prone in the sand, having paid the highest price of all. 3) Keep the Home Front Pledge, Pay No More Than Ceiling Prices, Pay Your Points in Full, dated 1944. The center circle of the poster shows a woman wearing a red and white dress and a white apron against a blue background, with her right hand raised, taking her pledge to aid in the war effort. On the right side is printed "Produce and Conserve, Share and Play Square, FOOD Fights for freedom. Tears of 1 to 3" are visible along several foldlines.