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title: 'We''re in the Army Now: Your Aid is Vital!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-were-in-the-army-now-your-aid-is-vital-1939/
description: Three smiling women in berets stride past a Scottie dog with a bone, carrying newspapers, a pot and kitchenware, and a mop and bag of scrap.
section: Collection
---

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[![We're in the Army Now: Your Aid is Vital!, 1939 Canada poster: Three smiling women in berets stride past a Scottie dog](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-were-in-the-army-now-your-aid-is-vital-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-were-in-the-army-now-your-aid-is-vital-1939.jpg)

# We're in the Army Now: Your Aid is Vital!

Three smiling women in berets stride past a Scottie dog with a bone, carrying newspapers, a pot and kitchenware, and a mop and bag of scrap, under 'We're in the army now' and a list of metals, rags, paper, bones, rubber and glass to save. The soldier's song title transfers military standing to household salvage, and the 'Your aid is vital' line asks for local-committee action.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
We're in the army now
YOUR AID IS VITAL!
Save METALS RAGS PAPER
BONES RUBBER GLASS
THEY ARE USED IN WAR SUPPLIES
GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR LOCAL COMMITTEE
ISSUED BY PUBLIC INFORMATION, FOR NATIONAL SALVAGE OFFICE, OTTAWA; UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. G. GARDINER, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES.
```

[← Wanted: Scrap Metal...To Make Tanks, Shells, Guns](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-wanted-scrap-metal-tanks-shells-guns-1939/) [A Workman Gossiped - An Enemy Agent Acted: Don't Talk About Your War Job →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-workman-gossiped-enemy-agent-acted-1939/)

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