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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.
If You Must Talk 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.

If You Must Talk Tell It to the Marines

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.21.20.1
Object Type Poster
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 27 in x W 19 in (68.6 cm x 48.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionA poster promoting wartime discretion. On a bright orange background is a black illustration of two men standing side-by-side and conversing with one another. The man on the left is a uniformed U.S. Marine holding a rifle in his right hand, and in his left hand a piece of paper with various significant WWII locations in the Pacific listed on it: MANILA / PEARL HARBOR / GUAM / WAKE / MIDWAY. The man standing on the right is a civilian dressed in a cap and work overalls and holding an adjustable wrench in his left hand. Black text above and below the illustration reads: IF YOU MUST TALK / TELL IT TO THE / ★ MARINES ★.

Produced by the Marine Corps Publicity Bureau (MCPB), poster no. 102387 7-3-42 6M.
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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