The "drive" technique used during World War I was replaced in part by a continual campaign using a payroll deduction plan.
In total, the overall campaign raised $185.7 billion from 85 million Americans, more than in any other country during the war.
[2] Li'l Abner creator Al Capp created Small Fry, a weekly newspaper comic strip whose purpose was to sell Series E bonds in support of the Treasury.
They were generally issued at 75 cents per dollar of face value, maturing at par value in a specified number of years that fluctuated with the rate of interest.
The guaranteed minimum investment yield for the bonds was 4 percent, compounded semiannually.