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title: I'd Rather Be with Them - Than Waiting
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/id-rather-be-with-them-than-waiting-1944/
description: 'Colour photograph recruiting poster: a smiling woman in a steel helmet marked ''A/110'', field pack and straps leans on a wooden rail against a blue sky.'
section: Collection
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# I'd Rather Be with Them - Than Waiting

Colour photograph recruiting poster: a smiling woman in a steel helmet marked 'A/110', field pack and straps leans on a wooden rail against a blue sky, under a quoted line 'I'd rather be with them - than waiting' and a blue panel 'The WAC, Women's Army Corps'. The quotation is given to the pictured woman, a testimonial without a name; the 'them' is not identified on the sheet.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/)

## Text on the object

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

```
"I'd rather be with them—
than waiting"
THE WAC
WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS
Apply at U.S. Army Recruiting Station or ask your local Postmaster
[imprint:] P-X-17-RPB-8-4-44-[illegible]M
```

[← I Want You F.D.R. Stay and Finish the Job!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/i-want-you-fdr-stay-and-finish-the-job-1944/) [I'm Proud... my husband wants me to do my part →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/im-proud-my-husband-wants-me-to-do-my-part-wmc-1944/)

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