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title: High School Grads 18 thru 26, Fly with the Navy
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/high-school-grads-fly-with-the-navy-1942/
description: 'U.S. Navy aviation recruiting poster: a smiling naval aviator credited as Lt. Comdr. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.'
section: Collection
---

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[![High School Grads 18 thru 26, Fly with the Navy, 1942 US poster: U.S. Navy aviation recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/high-school-grads-fly-with-the-navy-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/high-school-grads-fly-with-the-navy-1942.jpg)

# High School Grads 18 thru 26, Fly with the Navy

U.S. Navy aviation recruiting poster: a smiling naval aviator credited as Lt. Comdr. O'Hare in goggles and flight helmet in a cockpit, with five rising-sun flags painted on the fuselage as kill markings. Text addresses high school graduates aged 18 to 26 and offers navy wings and the rank of flying officer. The tell is the pilot as a successful exemplar, a testimonial-style device.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
High School Grad's
18 thru 26
FLY with the NAVY
Win your NAVY WINGS
Be a FLYING OFFICER
GO TO YOUR NEAREST RECRUITING STATION
[on aircraft:] LT. O'HARE
[photograph credit:] LT. COMDR. O'HARE, U.S.N.
[imprint: NRB-32449-5-16-42-13M]
```

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