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"THEY TALKED.. ..THIS HAPPENED"
circa 1940-1945


1-AF No. 3 "Invitation to Death"
circa 1941-1945


Poster: "The Enemy is Listening"
circa 1941-1945


"Don't Talk" poster, Governors Island
circa 1942


"IF YOU MUST TALK... TELL IT TO THE MARINES" miniature poster
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES", men whispering
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES", with a big-eared Hitler on a bench
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES", with sinking ship
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES": "BE SMART ACT DUMB!"
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES": "BUTTON YOUR LIP!"
circa 1942


"LOOSE TALK CAN COST LIVES": "QUIET!", man with hand over mouth
circa 1942


"SOMEBODY BLABBED" (sailor)
circa 1942


"SOMEBODY BLABBED" (soldier)
circa 1942


OWI No. 1 "The Sound That Kills"
circa 1942


OWI No. 5 "ENEMY EARS are listening"
circa 1942


OWI No. 6 "if you talk too much THIS MAN MAY DIE"
circa 1942


OWI No. 24 "A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking"
circa 1942


"DON'T CROW It's an Easy Way to Lose the War"
circa 1943-1945


"If you tell where he's going...He may never get there!"
circa 1943


"WATCH YOUR TALK FOR HIS SAKE" (British poster)
circa 1943


"WHO wants to know?"
circa 1943


OWI No. 23 "a careless word ...another cross"
circa 1943


OWI No. 36 "a careless word... A NEEDLESS LOSS" (2nd copy)
circa 1943


OWI No. 51 "If you tell where they're going..."
circa 1943


OWI No. 54 "DON'T TALK ABOUT TROOP MOVEMENTS"
circa 1943


OWI No. 72 "LOCK UP THESE PAPERS THE ENEMY IS VIGILANT"
circa 1943


OWI No. 74 "WARNING from the FBI"
circa 1943


OWI No. 78 "I'm counting on you! Don't discuss [...]"
circa 1943


Poster: "AMERICANS SUFFER when careless talk kills!"
circa 1943


Poster: "Bits of Careless Talk are Pieced Together by the Enemy"
circa 1943


Seagram poster #1 "DON'T 1. TALK LOOSELY TO STRANGERS 2. SPREAD RUMORS", ESSARGEE
circa 1943


Seagram poster #2 "an enemy ear may be near", ESSARGEE
circa 1943


Seagram poster #3 "STOP LOOSE TALK to STRANGERS", ESSARGEE
circa 1943


Seagram poster #9 "no room for RUMORS", ESSARGEE
circa 1943


"...because somebody talked!"
circa 1944


"Award for Careless Talk"
circa 1944


"DON'T KILL HER DADDY WITH CARELESS TALK"
circa 1944

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"LESS DANGEROUS THAN CARELESS TALK"
circa 1944

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"The battle-wise Infantryman..."
circa 1944


"The battle-wise Infantryman..." (large format)
circa 1944


"WANTED! FOR MURDER Her careless talk costs lives"
circa 1944


"WE CAUGHT HELL! -someone must have talked" poster
circa 1944


OWI Poster: "CARELESS TALK... got there first" with paratrooper
circa 1944


Poster with U.S. Marine, "CARELESS TALK Got there First"
circa 1944


Pacific theater warning poster
circa 1945

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