Patriotism

August 17, 2009

Military

I received an email from Lee Ann chock full of WWII era patriotic posters. These are just as relevant now as they were then, though for some patriotism has gone out of style.

Our love of country and support for our troops should never waver, no matter who happens to be POTUS or how politically correct we are pushed to be; never!

Here are a few of the posters. The first one is my favorite.

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EDIT: Joanie submitted this take off of the original, made by Carolyn:
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20 Responses to “Patriotism”

  1. Lee Ann Says:
    17. August 2009 at 3:50 pm

    I thought you’d like them. I think I’ll print some up, slap a magnet on the back of them and put them on my car!

    :flag:

  2. patti Says:
    17. August 2009 at 4:57 pm

    love WWII era graphics – American that is.

  3. pam Says:
    17. August 2009 at 5:09 pm

    American that is

    Heh… yeah, the Nazi propaganda was a tad heavy handed… sort of like obama’s graphics. ;)

  4. JihadGene Says:
    17. August 2009 at 10:04 pm

    If I need propaganda I’ll see what Nazi Pelosi has to say.

  5. Da Goddess Says:
    18. August 2009 at 1:58 am

    Our local PW chapter created a variation of the first poster. I’ll send it to you, Pam, and you can post it. It’s AWESOME

  6. Peter Says:
    18. August 2009 at 2:29 am

    Sure would be nice if our federal government believed in America anymore.

  7. diamond dave Says:
    18. August 2009 at 7:16 am

    That poster about the Sullivan brothers I find particularly sad. I have a book somewhere, called “Left To Die” by Dan Kurzman (who also did “Fatal Voyage”, about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis), which details the sinking of the USS Juneau and the plight of the few survivors who went days without rescue. Supposedly one of the Sullivan brothers actually survived the sinking, only to die later from shark attacks. In the end there were only ten sailors that were rescued, out of a complement of almost 700. One of the sadder stories of WWII.

    • pam Says:
      18. August 2009 at 8:38 am

      And that is what I appreciate most about these posters. They reminded the populace on a daily basis of the people laying it all on the line for them elsewhere in the world.
      The current conflicts, both in Iraq or Afghanistan, may as well be a reality show storyline. Hell, we’d see more the show! The only time the media gets on board is if there’s some major attack or to remind us of the body count… or if one of our own steps out of line.
      :???:

  8. Kim @ What's That Smell? Says:
    18. August 2009 at 11:10 am

    Those posters are great! I’d love to see t-shirts with them on them.

  9. Peter Says:
    18. August 2009 at 2:04 pm

    D. Dave, the Sullivan brothers were on the Juneau which was sunk off Guadalcanal in 1942. The Indianapolis went down in 1945, sunk by submarine after delivering the atomic bomb.

    This in no way excuses the mess after the Indy went down.

    • diamond dave Says:
      18. August 2009 at 3:21 pm

      Sadly, the story of the Juneau wasn’t much better. She’d just survived one of the most horrific surface actions of the war only to get blown up by a sub on the way back to port. The TF commander, thinking there were no survivors, sent a message to a patrol plane then kept on steaming. The message was supposedly later found at the bottom of a basket marked “Routine”. So almost the whole complement of the Juneau, after performing heroically in what turned out to be one of the most decisive sea battles of the war, died because someone didn’t have their shit together in the radio department. Both of the Kurzman books do a good recount of the respective tragedies of the Juneau and the Indianapolis.

  10. Da Goddess Says:
    18. August 2009 at 4:54 pm

    You know, after looking through the many posters we had for PW events, 80% were based on WWII posters (including the ones shown here). I wish I had the original files so that I could put them on t-shirts. I’m definitely asking Carolyn if she has them because that would be a great way to keep Liberty alive.

  11. Lee Ann Says:
    19. August 2009 at 12:48 pm

    I’d buy some shirts…including junior sizes for Daisy to wear to school! :thumbs: