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  2. Series E bond - Wikipedia

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    $100 Series E bond (1944) Series E United States Savings Bonds were government bonds marketed by the United States Department of the Treasury as war bonds during World War II from 1941 to 1945. After the war, they continued to be offered as retail investments until 1980, when they were replaced by other savings bonds.

  3. War bond - Wikipedia

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    Advertising poster for World War I Liberty Bonds. In 1917 and 1918, the United States government issued Liberty Bonds to raise money for its involvement in World War 1. An aggressive campaign was created by Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo to popularize the bonds, grounded largely as patriotic appeals. [24]

  4. War savings stamps of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The estimated cost of World War I for the United States was approximately $32 billion, and by the end of the war, the United States government had issued a total of $26.4 billion in debt. Although national campaigns had aimed to sell $2 billion in war savings stamps, they ultimately accounted for about $0.93 billion, or 3.5 percent, of the ...

  5. American propaganda during World War II - Wikipedia

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    An American propaganda poster promoting war bonds, depicting Uncle Sam leading the United States Armed Forces into battle. During American involvement in World War II (1941–45), propaganda was used to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory.

  6. Office of Price Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money (price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II. [3]

  7. Liberty bond - Wikipedia

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    A liberty bond or liberty loan was a war bond that was sold in the United States to support the Allied cause in World War I. Subscribing to the bonds became a symbol of patriotic duty in the United States and introduced the idea of financial securities to many citizens for the first time.

  8. King Neptune (pig) - Wikipedia

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    World War II King Neptune (May 16, 1942 – May 14, 1950) was a pig used by a United States Navy recruiter to raise $19 million (equivalent to $321,560,074 in 2023) in war bonds for the construction of the Iowa -class battleship Illinois between 1942 and 1946.

  9. Any Bonds Today? - Wikipedia

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    The cartoon was initially conceived to promote the sales of "defense bonds", which were renamed war bonds by the spring of 1942. [11] Between feature films, or between the feature films and the animated shorts, the lights of the movie theater came on and ushers collected donations from the audience to help finance the war effort. [12]