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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
What Are You Going to Do About It?
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

What Are You Going to Do About It?

Object numberMO 2005.13.34.162
Name Poster
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Date1944
Mediumpaper
Dimensionsoverall H 21 in x W 17 in (53.3 cm x 43.2 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring a black and white illustration of a uniformed Japanese soldier knocking the butt of his rifle into the face of a man whose hands are tried. Seen in the background is a line of walking men being guarded by Japanese soldiers. Superimposed over the lower section of the illustration is a newspaper headline proclaiming: 5200 Yank Prisoners Killed / by Jap Torture in Philippines; / Cruel 'March of Death' Described. Black and red text at the top and bottom of the poster reads: What are YOU going to do about it? / STAY ON THE JOB UNTIL EVERY / MURDERING JAP / IS WIPED OUT! In the lower right corner of the poster is the Great Seal of the United States and "U.S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER. Additional small text in the bottom margin reads: I.S.D. No. 148 / U.S. Government Printing Office: 1944 -O-577602.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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