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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
recto: The road home: verso: 6 fronts face Japan
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