^jOU're looking at an average American boy—
like your own, maybe, or the youngster down the
block. Happy, unspoiled. Still young enough to
hold a mongrel puppy dog in his arms and love it
with all his heart.
Now look closer. At the pistol belt and the field
jacket, the duffle bag and the faded fatigues. This
boy, so like your own, is now a man as well—an
American G.I. Hardly out of his teens but willing
and ready to walk into the steel and fire of com
bat, if need be, to defend your country. And you.
When he’s doing so much, won’t you do some
thing, too?
Remember, defense is your job, as well as his.
And one very important way to do your job is to
buy U. S. Defense* Bonds. For it’s your financial
solidity, built up by bond saving, that puts tho
strength of America behind our fighting power.
Help your country and yourself! Sign up for
Defense Bonds today—buy them through the
Payroll Savings Plan where you work or the
Bond-A-Month Plan where you bank.
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The U. S. Defense Bonds you buy give
you personal financial independence
Rememlier that when you’re buying Defense
Bonds you’re building cash savings. Money
that will some day buy you a house or educate
your children, or support you when you retire.
Remember, too, that if you don’t save regularly,
you generally don’t save at all. So go to your
company’s pay office—now—and sign up to
buy Defense Bonds through the Payroll Sav
ings Plan.
Don’t forget that bonds are now a better buy
than ever. Because now every Series E Bond you
own automatically goes on earning interest
every year for 20 years from date of purchase
instead of 10 as before! This means that the
bond you bought for $18.75 can return you not
just $25—but as much as $33.33! A $37.50
bond pays $66.66. And so on. For your security,
and your country’s, too, buy U. S. Defense
Bonds now!
*U. S. Savings Bonds
are Defense Bonds
Buy them regularly!
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The Treasury Department thanks, for their patriotic
donation, the Advertising Council and