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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.
Don’t Talk About Troop Movements!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Don’t Talk About Troop Movements!

Object numberMO 2005.13.21.21.1
Name Poster
Maker (American, founded 1861)
Issuing Body (American, 1789 - 1947)
Issuing Body (American, 1907 - 1986)
Issuing Body (American, 1942 - 1945)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 28 in x W 22 in (71.1 cm x 55.9 cm )
DescriptionA poster promoting wartime discretion. The poster features a large grayscale illustration of a line of uniformed soldiers walking up a gangplank and into a ship through an exterior door. They are being watched by additional soldiers from over the railing on the deck above. Red and white text overlayed on the illustration reads: If you tell where they’re going… THEY MAY NEVER GET THERE! / Don’t talk about troop movements!

Small black text printed along the bottom edge of the poster reads: W.D., A.G.O. SECURITY POSTER / OWI Poster No. 51. Additional copies may be obtained upon request from the Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington, D. C. / U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-515025.
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
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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