Homeland Security U.S.A. Safety Poster, Historic American Patriotism Symbols Public Domain Image: "I'm counting on you. Don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment" U.S. Government Office of War Information
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A Brief Uncle Sam History
Uncle Sam was first introduced to the American public during the time of the War of 1812 and images of Uncle Sam were often used by WWI and WWII artists to promote United States of America patriotism and help protect national security, especially in American plants that were producing war materials under government contracts. This poster was inspired by James Montgomery Flagg's 1917 Uncle Sam used for American propaganda posters the first time on the famous "I Want You for the U.S. Army" military recruiting poster. Artist Leon Helguera has successfully resurrected Flagg's Uncle Sam in this poster with an important effective message.
Leon Helguera (Mexican, 1899–1970)
The Artist Leon Helguera had a long successful career as an American artist/illustrator among his accomplishments were illustrating the First United Nations Stamp plus numerous United States Postage Stamps.
Leon Helguera also did numerous commercial posters including some extraordinary Pan American Airways Posters.
Helguera was noted for his use of symbolism in his illustrations.
World War 2 Homeland Security USA Safety Patriotic Posters, a U.S. "Loose Talk" Type Poster:
"I'm counting on you. Don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment"
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 "I'm counting on you. Don't discuss troop movements, ship sailings, war equipment" 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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