Harvey Dunn was one of eight artist correspondents attached to the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War I. He produced many posters for the United States Food Administration (its emblem is in the upper-left corner) during this time, encouraging civilians to save and donate especially nutritious and easily transportable food for the troops abroad. In this dramatic illustration, Dunn shows two weatherbeaten U.S. Infantrymen, bayonets at the ready, rushing in tandem in the direction of an unseen enemy. The image demonstrates very literally the stamina required by these soldiers while the desolate, snowy landscape, with its broken trees and ominous gray clouds swirling above, further stresses the hardship they suffer. While other posters produced for the U.S. Food Administration at this time attempt to make the food remaining to civilians alluring, this one suggests, in vivid lettering that contrasts with the bleak image above, that civilians are responsible for the well-being of the soldiers and ultimately for victory.