c.1943 If Our Lines Should Form C.C. Beall WWII Marines Navy Department

Date: c.1943Artist: Beall, Cecil Calvert “C.C.” Size (in): 40" x 30"Size (cm): 101.5 x 76Condition: A-Linen backed: NoThis poster was created during WWII for the Navy Department Industrial Incentive Division by the artist Cecil “C.C.” Beall. A Marine with clenched teeth and bloody bandage on his head grips his Colt sidearm and peers ahead at and unseen enemy with steely determination. Brothers in arms flank each side as something in the jungle behind them burns. The poster carries text that reads: And If Our Lines Should Form, The Break Because Of Thing Your Failed To Make The Extra Tank, Or Ship, Or PlaneFor Which We Waited All In Vain And The Supplies Which Never Came Will You Then Come And Take The Blame For We, Not You, Will Pay The Cost Of Battles You, Not We, Have Lost a U.S. Marine The lower margin has document codes “OC-5-35M” and “SC-5-35M” and indicates “Einson-Freeman Co. Inc. L.I. City N.Y.” This vintage original poster doesn’t appear to have ever been used and shows onl