Your Tax Dollars At Work--Anti-Mosquito Propaganda!!

In 1943, Theodor Geisel was a captain in the U.S. Army...

At the time, the U.S. was sending a lot of troops to various tropical areas...

...so the War Department had good old Dr. Seuss draw up a pamphlet educating soldiers on the dangers of malaria!

It was a pretty elementary effort, as you can see...

...but Seuss drew great mosquitoes!

OK, so it ain't War And Peace...

Huh...Dr. Seuss writing about "strip teasers"!!

Ahhh!!!

Sure, it was cheap and rudimentary...but it's more than Congress is willing to spend these days on fighting insect-born disease....

This Is Ann is from 1943