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title: '"I''m proud of my two soldiers" Join the WAC now!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/im-proud-of-my-two-soldiers-wac-1943/
description: 'Women''s Army Corps recruiting sheet: a colour photograph of a smiling older woman between a soldier in a garrison cap and a WAC in a hat, arms linked.'
section: Collection
---

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[!["I'm proud of my two soldiers" Join the WAC now!, 1943 US poster: Women's Army Corps recruiting sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/im-proud-of-my-two-soldiers-wac-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/im-proud-of-my-two-soldiers-wac-1943.jpg)

# "I'm proud of my two soldiers" Join the WAC now!

Women's Army Corps recruiting sheet: a colour photograph of a smiling older woman between a soldier in a garrison cap and a WAC in a hat, arms linked, under her quoted line 'I'm proud of my two soldiers', above 'Join the WAC now!'. The mother's quoted pride stands in as testimony and as family approval for enlisting women (testimonial, transfer).

## 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

```
"I'm proud of my two soldiers"
JOIN THE WAC NOW !
THOUSANDS OF ARMY
JOBS NEED FILLING !
Women's Army Corps
United States Army
[imprint:] PC-X-2-RPB-7-21-43-50M  RECRUITING PUBLICITY BUREAU UNITED STATES ARMY
```

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