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title: Fight - Let's go! Join the Navy
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fight-lets-go-join-the-navy-1942/
description: 'Navy recruiting poster: a sailor with a sea bag on his shoulder strides up a gangway, flanked by eight small photographs of destroyers, cruisers.'
section: Collection
---

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# Fight - Let's go! Join the Navy

Navy recruiting poster: a sailor with a sea bag on his shoulder strides up a gangway, flanked by eight small photographs of destroyers, cruisers, a PT boat, a submarine and aircraft carriers, with the words 'fight Let's Go! Join the NAVY'. The ship photographs present the service's strength and the slogan is a direct call to act.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
fight
Let's Go!
Join the NAVY
MODERN STREAMLINED DESTROYER U.S.S. MUSTIN
LATE TYPE HIGH SPEED CRUISER U.S.S. ATLANTA
HARD HITTING CRAFT CRUISER U.S.S. ASTORIA
U.S.S. LEXINGTON AS SEEN FROM ANOTHER CARRIER
P.T. BOAT, A "MOSQUITO" WITH A DEADLY STING
LONG RANGE FLEET SUBMARINE U.S.S. SHARK
A GREYHOUND OF THE SEA, DESTROYER U.S.S. FARRAGUT
A DIVISION OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS IN COLUMN
[signature:] McClellan Barclay USNR
[imprint:] NRB-31348-1-20-42-15M #434
```

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