"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
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Women's Army Corps (Recruiting Publicity Bureau)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Gender and suffrage
- 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. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1081 (NAID 514608).
Text on the object
"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
