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This advertisement honors Private First Class Melvin Brown, a Medal of Honor recipient, and encourages Americans to buy U.S. Savings Bonds (also called Defense Bonds) to support the country and its servicemen. The ad appeals to patriotism and the memory of fallen heroes, urging citizens to contribute financially to national defense by purchasing bonds regularly.
- Brand: U.S. Savings Bonds
- Product: U.S. Savings Bonds
- Tagline: U.S. Savings Bonds are Defense Bonds - Buy them regularly!
- Publication: The Saturday Evening Post
- Year: 1951
Objects in the advertisement: man
, military hat
, medal
, text
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