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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.
Tell It to the Marines
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Tell It to the Marines

Object numberMO 2005.13.20.32
Name Poster
Artist (American cartoonist and landscape painter, 1880 - 1954)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 14 in x W 11 in (35.6 cm x 27.9 cm )
DescriptionA small black and white poster titled, "TELL IT TO THE MARINES." It features a drawn illustration of a uniformed American Marine holding a rifle across his chest with the words "THE SPIRIT OF WAKE ISLAND / AGAINST OVERWHELMING ODDS" above him. In the lower right corner of the Marine's image is a cartoon depiction of Japan’s Emperor Hirohito in a military uniform with a speech block that reads: AMERICA CAN / BE INVADED / AND WE'LL / DICTATE PEACE / IN WASHINGTON. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the illustration: PLASCHKE.

Produced by the Marine Corps Publicity Bureau (MCPB), poster no. 98344 3-19-42 500.
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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