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title: He volunteered for submarine service
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/he-volunteered-for-submarine-service-1944/
description: 'Navy recruiting poster: a young woman in a striped blouse embraces a smiling sailor wearing a submarine-service pin and ribbons.'
section: Collection
---

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[![He volunteered for submarine service, 1944 US poster: Navy recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/he-volunteered-for-submarine-service-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/he-volunteered-for-submarine-service-1944.jpg)

# He volunteered for submarine service

Navy recruiting poster: a young woman in a striped blouse embraces a smiling sailor wearing a submarine-service pin and ribbons, over the line 'He volunteered for submarine service'. The image presents volunteering as admired and romantically rewarded; the technique is soft, resting on approval of the volunteer rather than a stated claim.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
He volunteered for
SUBMARINE SERVICE
[signature: Jon Whitcomb]
[imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-566105]
```

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