Become a Marine officer candidate
A smiling young man in a Marine dress uniform and white-gloved hands stands before small scenes of marching, training and an aircraft. A banner reads 'College men are wanted for officers training by U.S. Marine Corps'. The technique is faint here: an idealised recruit and the corps motto 'Semper Fidelis' do the appealing.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-138 (NAID 513586).
Text on the object
Become a MARINE Officer Candidate SEMPER FIDELIS COLLEGE MEN are WANTED for OFFICERS TRAINING by U.S. MARINE CORPS SEE NEAREST RECRUITING OFFICE TODAY [signature: Arthur Edrop (reading uncertain)] [imprint: LITHO IN U.S.A.]
