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title: 'Civil Air Patrol: eyes of the home skies'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/civil-air-patrol-eyes-of-the-home-skies-1943/
description: 'Civil Air Patrol sheet in red, orange and blue: a large profile of a goggled, helmeted airman with two small yellow aircraft bearing the Civil Air Patrol'
section: Collection
---

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# Civil Air Patrol: eyes of the home skies

Civil Air Patrol sheet in red, orange and blue: a large profile of a goggled, helmeted airman with two small yellow aircraft bearing the Civil Air Patrol roundel above his brow, and the slogan 'Eyes of the Home Skies'. The slogan casts the volunteers as the country's watchers; the technique is faint and rests on the slogan and the heroic profile.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Eyes of the Home Skies
CIVIL AIR PATROL
OF THE U. S. OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE

[signature:] KENNEY, SQUADRON 511-3
[imprint:] OCD Publication 7013
[imprint:] ☆U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—503140
```

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