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
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Navy. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-22 (NAID 513517).
Text on the object
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]
