[2] It features three young children, apprehensive and fearful, as they are enveloped by the large, dark arm of a swastika shadow.

[3] The poster was distributed by the United States Treasury Department and implied that purchasing war bonds would keep the children safe from the Nazi threat.

U.S. posters tended to focus on patriotic themes and appeals to emotion to garner support.

Abbott Laboratories also recruited artists to document the work of the military branches during the war.

In 1943, Smith spent three months on aircraft carriers in the Caribbean and the Mediterranean, creating works on naval aviation operations.