The Toughest Job is Still Ahead

Date1943

Mediumcolor lithograph

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Object number1975.50

DescriptionThere are three men, face and shoulders, with the sea shown behind each; the first is in the upper right corner, to his right in a yellow box are the words "THE MOST CRUCIAL TEST OF OUR COMBINED STRENGTH IS STILL BEFORE US" ADMIRAL ERNEST J. KING U.S.N. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF U.S. FLEET; next on the left side middle is the second man; to his right in a yellow area are the words "THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC IS STILL A ROUND THE CLOCK FIGHT" ADMIRAL ROYAL E. INGERSOLL U.S.N. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ATLANTIC FLEET; the third man is in the lower right corner with words in a yellow area to his left "LET'S NOT TALK VICTORY WHILE THERE'S A SINGLE JAP SHIP AFLOAT AND FIGHTING" ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ U.S.N. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PACIFIC FLEET; below this in white letters on a green background: MEET YOUR SCHEDULES...FOR VICTORY, THE TOUGHEST JOB IS STILL AHEAD!; along the bottom edge on white it says U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1943-0-555063. OFFICIAL NAVY POSTER, INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVE DIVISION, 3-80M.

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