recto: The road home: verso: 6 fronts face Japan

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Accession Number ARTV02696
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 46 cm x 60.8 cm
Object type Poster
Physical description offset lithograph
Maker Unknown
Information and Education Section USAFFE
Unknown
Place made United States of America: Washington DC
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

recto: A map shows the direct route from New Guinea to America via Tokyo, it was published by the Information and Education Section, United States Army Forces in the Far East (U.S.A.F.F.E.), and appeared in their publication volume 1 (no.2) 20 January 1944. This poster is warning US troops about the danger of catching malaria and encourages troops to be proactive in their protection for the larger aim of defeating Japan and returning home to America. verso: USAFFE Newsmap showing a flat map of the globe with each of the six areas where United States Forces were engaging the Japanese in 1944 highlighted with text and related images. Those being 1. SWPA Air blitz ; 2. Central Pacific Area (Hawaii) ; 3. The Home Front ; 4. Aleutians Alaska ; 5. China's Problem : supply ; 6. Increased Allied Action on Indo-Burma Frontier