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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Dear Santa: Send Us Some More Japs
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library

Dear Santa: Send Us Some More Japs

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.20.35
Object Type Poster
Artist (American editorial cartoonist, 1899 - 1977)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper (cardstock), ink
Dimensionsoverall H 9 in x W 8 in (22.9 cm x 20.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA small black and white poster featuring a drawn cartoon of a uniformed American Marine seated on a small, round piece of land labeled "WAKE ISLAND" surrounded by water. On a large sheet of paper he is writing a letter that reads: Dear Santa: / Send us some / more Japs, / yours truly / The Marines. The Marine is seated on a pile of small Japanese figures while another small figure dangles from the rifle bayonet leaning against his right shoulder. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower left corner of the cartoon: FERMAN MARTIN.

Produced by the Marine Corps Publicity Bureau (MCPB), poster no. 100151 5-1-42 250.
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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