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title: Dish it out with the Navy
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/dish-it-out-with-the-navy-1941/
description: 'Navy recruiting poster: sailors work a deck gun, one in the foreground carrying a shell, under the headline ''Dish it out with the Navy!''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Dish it out with the Navy, 1941 US poster: Navy recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dish-it-out-with-the-navy-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/dish-it-out-with-the-navy-1941.jpg)

# Dish it out with the Navy

Navy recruiting poster: sailors work a deck gun, one in the foreground carrying a shell, under the headline 'Dish it out with the Navy!'. The foot adds 'Choose now while you can' and directs readers to a recruiting station. The appeal is to ordinary men doing the work of the gun crew; the technique is faint here, mostly a plain-folks image with a time-limited urging.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
[signature:] McCLELLAND BARCLAY USNR
DISH IT OUT
with THE NAVY!
CHOOSE NOW WHILE YOU CAN
GO TO YOUR NEAREST NAVY RECRUITING STATION TODAY
[imprint:] ORDER No. 4
```

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