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title: Foreign Language Poster with Pilot in Foreground (Outstanding Youth, Go to the Air Force)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/go-to-the-air-force-military-commission-poster-1940s/
description: A yellow-suited pilot in goggles raises a fist toward three biplanes, with a bomber bearing the Chinese Nationalist sun emblem behind him.
section: Collection
---

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# Foreign Language Poster with Pilot in Foreground (Outstanding Youth, Go to the Air Force)

A yellow-suited pilot in goggles raises a fist toward three biplanes, with a bomber bearing the Chinese Nationalist sun emblem behind him; vertical characters call outstanding young people to the air force. The tell is the heroic pilot and national emblem standing in for any stated terms of service, with 'outstanding youth' as flattering praise attached to enlistment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
優秀的青年
到空軍中去

軍事委員會政治部印

[Translation: Outstanding young people, go into the air force. Printed by the Political Department of the Military Commission.]
```

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