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"If you tell where he's going, he may never get there." loose talk homeland security usa WWII patriotic poster published for the Office of War Information a copyright free image of artwork by John Philip Falter printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office Washington D.C. Click for larger print file public domain image graphic art homeland security USA poster If you tell where he's going, he may never get there..
John Philip Falter artist/illustrator
John Falter (1910 - 1982) the talented artist/illustrator who created this poster was a renowned artist, best known for his many covers for The Saturday Evening Post. But he was also a successful advertising illustrator and Navy man during World War 2. In 1943, he enlisted in the Navy and was quickly promoted and put on special assignment as an artist. His artistic talents were well utilized for the American war effort to spur on Navy recruiting drives; designed over 300 recruiting posters and produced other kinds of government war posters as well. During his Navy enlistment he also completed both a series of recruiting posters for the women's Navy, or WAVES, and a series depicting 12 Medal of Honor winners for Esquire magazine.
John Philip Falter artist information biography from Wikipedia.
John Philip Falter information and more war posters from the U.S. Naval Historical Center Website.
World War 2 Homeland Security USA Safety Patriotic Posters, a U.S. "Loose Talk" Type Poster: "If you tell where he's going, he may never get there."
Espionage has been with us since early time but the immigrant/melting pot based nature of the United States and our relatively late involvement in World War 2 made 1940s America a lucrative environment for spies and potential saboteurs. Naturally the dangers and concerns of national security intensified when the United States entered the war and America's overseas military and homeland patriots urgently needed additional protection. The U.S. Government had a great need to alert its' military and private citizens to the presence of enemy spies and saboteurs lurking in American society. A major advertising blitz involving all media eventually produced thousands of remarkable "careless talk" type posters to warn people that small snippets of information regarding troop movements or other logistical details would be useful to the enemy and could easily compromise national security and U.S. military personnel' safety. These vintage 1940s public domain poster images like this one "If you tell where he's going, he may never get there." displayed on this page from the Safety and National Security World War 2 Gallery of this website allow you to own a copyright free piece of WWII history, a historic patriotic artwork poster.
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