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title: Attention! College Men! The U.S. Coast Guard Needs Officers
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/attention-college-men-coast-guard-1942/
description: 'Officer-recruiting sheet: an aerial photograph of the Coast Guard Academy at New London and an inset of a cadet taking a sextant sight.'
section: Collection
---

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# Attention! College Men! The U.S. Coast Guard Needs Officers

Officer-recruiting sheet: an aerial photograph of the Coast Guard Academy at New London and an inset of a cadet taking a sextant sight, with a text block on eligibility, pay and the next course start. Pay and conditions are stated; the closing line 'Don't Delay! Uncle Sam Needs You!' is a call to act. A printed handbill-style page rather than a pictorial poster.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
ATTENTION! COLLEGE MEN!
The U.S. COAST GUARD
NEEDS
OFFICERS
THE United States Coast Guard Reserve Officers Training School is open to college men holding a Bachelor's (or better) degree from an accredited university or college, who are twenty to twenty-nine years of age (inclusive) and unmarried. Course runs from three to four months and is given at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut. Cadets, upon satisfactory completion of this training are eligible for commissions in the United States Coast Guard Reserve.
Pay of a cadet while in training for a reserve commission is at the rate of $780.00 per year, plus an allowance for subsistence. After graduation the cadet is eligible for commission as Ensign at a pay rate of $125.00 per month plus allowances. Traveling expenses to and from the Academy are paid by the Coast Guard.
Detailed requirements for entrance and descriptive information may be obtained from your local Coast Guard Recruiting Officer or by addressing the COMMANDANT, U. S. COAST GUARD, WASHINGTON, D. C.
[ Next course is scheduled to start early in February. Subsequent classes commencing about every four months. ]
[imprint:] UNITED STATES COAST GUARD SEMPER PARATUS 1790 (seal)
DON'T DELAY! UNCLE SAM - NEEDS YOU !
[imprint:] NRB-31303-2-15-42-25M.
```

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