Follow Me! Men 18-19: Apply Now at Any U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station
Photograph of a helmeted soldier in full kit gesturing forward, beside a chart of Army rank insignia with monthly pay for each grade, under the headline 'Follow Me! Men 18-19'. The tell for card-stacking is the pay table headed 'These can be yours', which lists the benefits of each grade and leaves out the risks of service. The technique is mild here.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-203 (NAID 513646).
Text on the object
FOLLOW ME! MEN 18-19 THESE CAN BE YOURS- Monthly base pay is shown under the insignia of each grade. Privates (who wear no insignia of grade) receive $50 a month. Grades up to and including sergeant may receive family allowances. Higher grades, not benefiting by Servicemen's Dependents Act of 1942, may receive other allowances. Private, First Class $54 Technician 5th Grade $66 Corporal $66 Technician 4th Grade $78 Sergeant $78 Technician 3rd Grade $96 Staff Sergeant $96 Technical Sergeant $114 First Sergeant $138 Master Sergeant $138 APPLY NOW AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING AND INDUCTION STATION [imprint:] P-56-RPR-11-23-43-25M
