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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, Civil Air Patrol (artist Kenney, Squadron 511-3)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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. Office of Civilian Defense, Civil Air Patrol (artist Kenney, Squadron 511-3). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-578 (NAID 514058).
Text on the object
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
