ww_post_024
islandora:17_49
Marines have landed
Martin, Ferman (artist)
1942-09-11
eng
Larger than life U.S. Marines chasing childlike Japanese soldiers up palm trees on the Solomon Islands. Other marines are disembarking from their boats with bayonets ready. There is a monkey on one of the palm trees that has the same caricature face as the Japanese soldier. Japanese soldiers were... Show moreLarger than life U.S. Marines chasing childlike Japanese soldiers up palm trees on the Solomon Islands. Other marines are disembarking from their boats with bayonets ready. There is a monkey on one of the palm trees that has the same caricature face as the Japanese soldier. Japanese soldiers were depicted as monkeys, snakes and rats. Show less
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14 X 11 in.
Posters
Campaigns & battles
Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943 Japanese World War, 1939-1945
Campaigns & battles Propaganda Soldiers War posters
World War II
Charles B. Burdick War Poster Collection
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives
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On recto: MCPB 105217 9-11-42 9M. Japanese were drawn up as monkeys hanging from trees or lumbering around like big gorillas. The image of a subhuman primate was key to undercutting the humanity of the enemy.
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