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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.
So the Jap’s a Snap?
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

So the Jap’s a Snap?

Object numberMO 2005.13.20.18.1
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1775)
Date1944
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 20 in x W 14 1/4 in (50.8 cm x 36.2 cm )

DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of a uniformed American soldier wearing darkly tinted glasses and resting his right hand on a cane. Red and white text above and across the illustration reads: SO THE JAP'S A SNAP? / I CAN'T SEE IT. In the upper left corner of the poster is "U. S. ARMY OFFICIAL POSTER" and the Great Seal of the United States.

The poster was printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, poster no. 1944-O-619096. U. S. Army Official Poster ISD No. 207.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
Non exposé