1944 They're Needed Everywhere At Once Landing Craft Jon Whitcomb WWII

Date: 1944Artist: Whitcomb, JonSize (in): 40” x 28.5”Size (cm): 101.6 x 72.4Condition: BLinen backed: NoThis vintage original and rare poster was issued by the United States Navy Industrial Incentive Division in 1944 to help motivate American workers on the home front engaged in producing essential wartime materiel. This poster was created by the artist John Whitcomb, a prolific magazine illustrator during his civilian career and veteran of the U.S. Navy during WWII who served as a combat artist at several major battles in the South Pacific. For this poster Whitcomb renders an image of American forces landing on a beachhead amidst incoming fire and tracer rounds lighting the sky above. A U.S. Navy Dispatch issued by Rear Admiral E.L. Cochrane appears in the upper righthand corner of the image which reads: TO ALL PRODUCERS OF LANDING CRAFT: We must send out armed forces ashore on many fronts to meet and crush the enemy. Invasion craft are needed everywhere…at once! Meet your schedules…