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- Women (7)
Posters aimed at recruiting women to the new auxiliary branches of the armed forces.
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l i n k s: Dorie Miller--War Hero
- A poster from the Office of War Information, showing Doris "Dorie" Miller, an Affrican-American winner of the Navy Cross. Because of segregation in the U.S. Navy, Miller was relegated to mess duty on the USS W. Virginia. When the Japanese were bombing Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Miller took over the weapon of a downed gunman and shot Japanese planes. [www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/united.html] (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 417 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
Joe Louis--Army
- A morale-boosting poster of boxer Joe Louis, armed and in his Private's uniform, saying, "We're going to do our part. . . and we'll win because we're on God's side." [www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/united.html] (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 252 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
Join the Marines
- Recruitment poster for the marines, showing an ideal soldier as a physically strong and ready for action. http://www.wasp-wwii.org/wasp/images/wwii/marine.gif (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 373 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
Join the Navy
- 1942 recruitment poster by McClelland Barclay for the US Navy showing a physically powerful man hauling torpedoes. http://www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/manguns.html (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 340 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
Uncle Sam
- Recruitment poster with Uncle Sam saying "I want YOU for U.S. Army."
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/united.html (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 347 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
Wings Over America
- Recruitment poster for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army (the Air Force was founded in 1947), showing an American eagle flying with airplanes under the heading Wings over America.
http://www.wasp-wwii.org/wasp/signs.htm (Added: 14-Dec-1999 Hits: 254 )
Subject: Propaganda/American/Recruitment Time Period: 1940s File Type: Posters etc
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