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title: Construction Workers can volunteer now for service in Army or Navy
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/construction-workers-can-volunteer-now-1945/
description: 'Red, white and blue recruiting poster: a helmeted construction worker looks out above the words ''Construction Workers can Volunteer now for service in Army'
section: Collection
---

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[![Construction Workers can volunteer now for service in Army or Navy, 1945 US poster: Red, white and blue recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/construction-workers-can-volunteer-now-1945.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/construction-workers-can-volunteer-now-1945.jpg)

# Construction Workers can volunteer now for service in Army or Navy

Red, white and blue recruiting poster: a helmeted construction worker looks out above the words 'Construction Workers can Volunteer now for service in Army or Navy', with two boxes giving age limits for voluntary induction and enlistment. 'Fight and work with Navy Seabees, Army Engineers' ties the appeal to a civilian trade, a plain-folks approach.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Construction Workers
can VOLUNTEER now
for service in
ARMY or NAVY
by voluntary induction
MEN 18 to 38
(FOR ARMY OR NAVY)
by voluntary enlistment
MEN of 17 and
38 to 50
(MEN OF 17 FOR NAVY ONLY)
FIGHT and WORK with
NAVY SEABEES ★ ARMY ENGINEERS
APPLY AT ANY ARMY OR NAVY RECRUITING STATION
[badge text:] SEABEES
[imprint:] P-61-RPB-4-5-45-HM
```

[← Community War Fund, 1945 campaign](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/community-war-fund-1945-campaign-1945/) [Could this be you? Don't travel unless your trip helps win the war →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/could-this-be-you-1945/)

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