In order to be a good fighting man you must be...

The introductory poster of a series of 20 produced to educate United States soldiers and sailors about sex hygiene and venereal diseases. The information is presented via a combination of scientific facts and moral instruction. The series are in the form of placards simply designed largely with text accompanied by various photographic illustrations or diagrams. They are printed in black and red on white card. Each framed with a diagonally hatched grey border and a single black border. This introductory placard features colour full length portraits of a U.S. soldier in the upper centre left and a U.S sailor in the upper centre right. Both are standing ready for action holding their rifles with bayonets fixed. They are examples of ' good fighting men..' the kind needed by the services and also the intended audience for the placards. The images are cited as being courtesy of the Leslie - Judge Company, a large publishing company operating in New York during this period.