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title: He Did His Duty. Will You? Join for Active Service Land and Sea, U.S. Marines
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/he-did-his-duty-will-you-us-marines-1917/
description: A portrait of an admiral in full-dress uniform with medals sits beside a quotation praising the Marine Corps, signed 'George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy'.
section: Collection
---

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[![He Did His Duty. Will You? Join for Active Service Land and Sea, U.S. Marines, 1917 US poster: A portrait of an admiral](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/he-did-his-duty-will-you-us-marines-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/he-did-his-duty-will-you-us-marines-1917.jpg)

# He Did His Duty. Will You? Join for Active Service Land and Sea, U.S. Marines

A portrait of an admiral in full-dress uniform with medals sits beside a quotation praising the Marine Corps, signed 'George Dewey, Admiral of the Navy'. Below, the poster asks 'Will you?' and gives a New York recruiting address. The tell is testimonial: a famous officer's name and rank carry the claim that no finer military organization exists, with no further evidence offered.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/)

## Text on the object

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

```
HE DID HIS DUTY
"No finer
military organi-
zation than the
Marine Corps
exists in the
world."
George Dewey [signature]
ADMIRAL OF THE NAVY

WILL YOU?
JOIN FOR ACTIVE SERVICE
LAND AND SEA
U.S.MARINES
Apply At
24 East 23rd Street, New York, N. Y.

[lower right corner: artist's initials, PW]
```

The quotation is hand-lettered; its line breaks and the hyphenation 'organi-zation' follow the sheet. A small mark at the lower right corner reads as the initials 'PW' (artist or lettering credit, unidentified).

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