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title: Fight with tools
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fight-with-tools-army-1942/
description: 'Army recruiting poster for mechanically skilled men: a civilian machinist in red is shown behind a soldier in black working the same drill press.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Fight with tools, 1942 US poster: Army recruiting poster for mechanically skilled men](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fight-with-tools-army-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/fight-with-tools-army-1942.jpg)

# Fight with tools

Army recruiting poster for mechanically skilled men: a civilian machinist in red is shown behind a soldier in black working the same drill press, under the headline 'fight with tools'. The pairing carries the worker's trade over into military service (transfer), using ordinary tradesmen as the model (plain folks).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
fight WITH tools
Your Skill Can Help the U. S. Army. If You Have
Mechanical or Technical Experience and Are Between
18 and 44, Inclusive, You Can Become a Specialist In—
U.S. ARMY
Air Forces - Signal Corps - Ordnance Dept.
Auto Mechanics, Radio and Telegraph Operators, Sheet Metal Workers,
Cable Splicers, Machinists, Toolmakers, Electricians, Instrument Repairmen
RECRUITING AND INDUCTION SERVICE
"KEEP 'EM FLYING!"
[imprint: P-41-RPB-6-18-42-25M]
```

[← Fight - Let's go! Join the Navy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fight-lets-go-join-the-navy-1942/) [Fuel Economy in the Foundry - Hints to Foremen for Saving Fuel - Save Fuel for Battle! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/fuel-economy-in-the-foundry-save-fuel-for-battle-1942/)

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