WW2 ORIGINAL Poster “OUR FIGHTERS DESERVE OUR BEST” (“Ordnance Dept. 1942”) Mint

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WW2 ORIGINAL!! Poster
“
OUR FIGHTERS DESERVE OUR BEST”
“Ordnance Department U.S. Army — KEEP ‘EM SHOOTING!”
“U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1942 - O - 496518”
Large size! Still folded for mailing from the USGPO! This image was released in the
opening month
s of the war!
MINT UNISSUED!
Unbacked.
ZERO
edge tears, stains, thumb-tack holes, tape repairs, or fading! Only the fold creases!
28
1/2” x 40”
(Large!) Offset printing. Unsigned. Artist unknown.
This image is from the
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
and has the “
Flaming Bomb” logos
printed on the bottom right margin. This no doubt was prominently displayed in the munitions plants, shipyards, and aircraft factories across the nation as well as Post Offices and Government Buildings.
*****
Particulars:
Banner type, top and bottom, in bold
2”
capital letters issues a plea to the Homefront and stateside war workers to “give it their best!”
Powerful image!!
Here’s an arresting, graphic, hellish combat scene of two Infantrymen with
M1
GARANDS
, with fixed
M1905 BAYONETS
, one helping his SERIOUSLY wounded comrade, shouting for a Medic, both silhouetted, backlit by a massive fiery shell-burst of orange flame.
In the rear, attacking through a billowing cloud of ghastly blue smoke is an
M3 “STUART” LIGHT TANK
with its
37mm gun.
All of the Soldiers’ accoutrements are depicted with stunning accuracy: the newly introduced
M1 Helmet, M1923 Cartridge Belt, M1910 Canteen, M1 Service Gas Mask
in its kidney-shaped Canvas Carrier, as well as their tattered combat clothing and
M1938 Leggings
.
This will be shipped folded, flat, securely packaged!
*****
Our "Fighters" and our allies, on land, sea, and in the air, DID receive "the Best" (and the most!!) war-fighting materiel, munitions, and aircraft, and ships during WW2:
During the Second World War the United States, leading the Allies, "out-fought"...and PHENOMENALLY "out-produced" the Axis Powers;
300,000 aircraft, 107 aircraft carriers, 2.6 million machine guns, 41 billion shells
.
Shipyards worked 7 days a week (12 hrs. M-F, 10 hrs Sat., and 8 hrs. Sun.!)
--thanks to thousands and men and women war workers and men such as:
- William Knudsen
, CEO of
General Motors
, revolutionized "mass production" -- Knudsen made the
Arsenal of Democracy
possible as US Director of Production by simplifying government contracting and repayment procedures, making it easier for corporations to produce for the war effort;
- architect
Albert Kahn
was best known for designing
Ford’s Highland Park Plant
, which mastered assembly line production; the
Detroit Arsenal
Tank Plant (DATP)
which was the first plant ever built to mass produce tanks; and Ford’s massive Willow Run Bomber Plant to make B24 bombers,
the largest factory EVER built with a mile-long assembly line;
- Fred Geier
of
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
led the nation in tool production.
Geier’s work helped to nearly double US machine tool production overall, and his company produced a new machine tool every 17 minutes during the war;
- Edsel Ford
converted the entire Ford production capabilities to turn out  350
Liberator Bombers
a MONTH and half of all 24,000 B-24 made during the war;
-
R.G. Le Tourneau
is credited with introducing heavy duty rubber tires to the earthmoving industry, as well as designing bulldozers, portable cranes, bridge spans and offshore oil drilling platforms. Le Tourneau and his company supplied 70% of all the heavy earthmoving equipment used by the Allies during WWII;
- Henry Kaiser
, famous for building the
Liberty Ships
ran shipyards 24 hrs/day, introduced the techology of WELDING, rather than riveting plates of steel, and was able to produce an outfitted ship in 4 days, 15 hours;
- Andrew Higgins
of New Orleans, designer and manufacturer of amphibious craft for the oil and gas industry, designed and built 20,000 different "Higgins Boats," -- his craft included amphibious
LCTs (Landing Craft Tanks), LCPLs (Landing Craft Personnel Large),
and the famous
LCVP
(Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel)
which was used during the
D-Day
landings at Normandy to land troops, tanks, jeeps, trucks, and other types of equipment on to the beaches.