Be a Marine... Free a Marine to Fight (horizontal sheet)
Horizontal recruiting sheet: a painted portrait of a woman in a Marine green cap and jacket at left, with 'Be a Marine..' in red and 'Free a Marine to fight' in black italics, the Marine Corps emblem at lower right, and a line to apply at the nearest Marine officer procurement office or recruiting station. The slogan offers a role that substitutes for a man's, with no duties described.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-236A (NAID 513678).
Text on the object
BE A MARINE.. Free a Marine to fight U.S. MARINE CORPS WOMEN'S RESERVE FOR INFORMATION APPLY TO NEAREST MARINE OFFICER PROCUREMENT OFFICE OR RECRUITING STATION [imprint:] MCPB 112316 4-16-43 12500
