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title: Do your part, join the WAAC
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/do-your-part-join-the-waac-1942/
description: 'Recruiting poster for the Women''s Army Auxiliary Corps: a low-angle photograph of a uniformed woman striding forward in front of ranks of marching WAAC'
section: Collection
---

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# Do your part, join the WAAC

Recruiting poster for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps: a low-angle photograph of a uniformed woman striding forward in front of ranks of marching WAAC members, under the headline 'Do Your Part, Join the WAAC'. The size of the following column shows others already joined, a bandwagon cue, and 'Do Your Part' is a general duty appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Do Your Part ★ Join the WAAC
WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS
UNITED STATES ARMY
APPLY AT ANY U. S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION
[imprint, partly illegible:] P-46-RPS-11-6-42-50M
```

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