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title: '"Going where we''re needed most!" Join the WAC now!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/going-where-needed-most-join-the-wac-1943/
description: Colour photograph of three smiling women in khaki WAC uniforms leaning from a train window, gloves in hand, under the quoted line 'Going where we're needed
section: Collection
---

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# "Going where we're needed most!" Join the WAC now!

Colour photograph of three smiling women in khaki WAC uniforms leaning from a train window, gloves in hand, under the quoted line 'Going where we're needed most!'. A red panel reads 'Join the WAC now!' and 'Thousands of Army jobs need filling!'. Smiling ordinary women and the claim of being 'needed most' carry the appeal.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"Going where we're needed most!"
JOIN THE WAC NOW !
THOUSANDS OF ARMY JOBS NEED FILLING !
Women's Army Corps
United States Army
[imprint:] PC-X-1—RPB—11-1-43—8M
[imprint:] RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUREAU UNITED STATES ARMY
```

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