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title: 'Always advance with the U.S. Marines: 167th anniversary'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/always-advance-with-us-marines-1942/
description: 'Marine Corps anniversary and recruiting poster: a helmeted Marine crouches with a bayonet-fixed rifle in front of faint red drawings of earlier battles'
section: Collection
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# Always advance with the U.S. Marines: 167th anniversary

Marine Corps anniversary and recruiting poster: a helmeted Marine crouches with a bayonet-fixed rifle in front of faint red drawings of earlier battles and the Marine emblem, with a ring of battle names from Bon Homme Richard to the Solomon Islands. The battle honours lend past prestige to the present Marine (transfer), and 'Always advance' is a slogan-level glittering generality.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
1775 *** 167th Anniversary *** 1942
BON HOMME RICHARD * BLADENSBURG * DERNA * FT. FISHER **
SANTIAGO * BELLEAU WOOD * ARGONNE * FORREST * WAKE
MIDWAY * BATAAN * MAKIN [partly hidden] * SOLOMON ISLANDS **
Always ADVANCE with the
U.S. MARINES
* Land
* Sea
* Air
[imprint:] 9-18-42 REQ'N No. 1603 100 M
[imprint:] LITHO. IN U.S.A. McCANDLISH LITHO CORPORATION, PHILA., PA
```

[← Allies for a big job: OCD](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/allies-for-a-big-job-ocd-1942/) [Always be careful: the A-B-C of every ordnance worker →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/always-be-careful-ordnance-worker-1942/)

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