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- Collection: Sub-Series XII-B - Recruitment, circa 1940s
America calling / Take your place in Civilian Defense
Poster of an eagle and the U.S. Civilian Defense emblem, undated reproduction based on an original design from 1941. Photograph by Arthur H. Fisher.
Text: "America calling / Take your place in Civilian Defense."
Be a Marine / Free a Marine to fight
Poster of a servicewoman of the U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve with an unidentified aircraft, circa 1940s.
Text: "Be a Marine / Free a Marine to fight."
Enlist in a proud profession! / Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Poster of a servicewoman of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, circa 1940s. Art by Carolyn Moorhead Edmundson.
Text: "Enlist in a proud profession! / Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps / A lifetime education -- free! If you can qualify / For…
Women! / They can't do any more -- but you can / Join the WAC
Poster of grave markers and a soldier's helmet, circa 1940s.
Text: "Women! / They can't do any more -- but you can / Join the WAC / Women's Army Corps / Apply at nearest U.S. Army recruiting station.
You can have silver wings
Poster of U.S. Army Air Corps "prop and wings" badges, 1943.
Text: "You can have silver wings / If you are 17 and less than 18 you may be qualified now for membership in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve and for future training as an Aviation Cadet with…