Improve your skill-or learn a new one-in a vital Army job
Women's Army Corps recruiting sheet: twelve captioned black-and-white photographs of WACs at work (radio, clerical, weather, photography, food, hospital, laboratory, maps, supply) surround a long list headed 'Wacs do 239 types of Army Jobs', under 'Improve your skill' and above 'Join the WAC now!'. The long job list and the favourable captions, with promises of postwar jobs, present only the benefits of enlisting (card-stacking).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- 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, Labor
- 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-1086 (NAID 514613).
Text on the object
Improve your skill-or learn a new one-in a vital Army job [RADIO] A big job with a big future! Would you like valuable Army training as a radio operator or repairman? [CLERICAL WORK] Postwar jobs will be plentiful for women with experience in Army clerical work. [WEATHER OBSERVATION] The Army Air Forces depend on complete, accurate weather reports. The Army needs more Wacs to do this important work. [PHOTOGRAPHY] As interesting as it is important! Wouldn't you like experience in this promising field? [ARMY AIR FORCES TRAINING] Wacs help in training programs of the Army Air Forces. They operate walkie-talkie equipment, work on sector control filter boards. [FOOD] Think of the career you might have in restaurant or hotel management, thanks to the Army's expert training! [MOTOR TRANSPORT] Like to drive? Want to be an expert on engines? More Wacs are needed to drive staff cars, jeeps, and trucks. [PLANE DISPATCHING] After the war there'll be interesting jobs for women experienced in airfield management. [HOSPITAL WORK] There's always a need for women trained in hospital work. The Army needs them now! [LABORATORY WORK] A skilled laboratory technician can do a vital job in the Army. And it's a job with a real future! [MAP MAKING] An important use for a drawing talent. Wacs make maps used by our combat forces all over the world. [SUPPLY] The Army depends on fast-moving supply lines. If you've ever worked in a store, you'll be mighty useful in one of these jobs. Put your training and natural aptitude to work for the Army! JOIN THE WAC NOW ! Improve your skill - or learn a new one. Get experience you'll value all your life! [imprint:] PX-46-RPB-1-5-44-[illegible]M (partly illegible) Wacs do 239 types of Army Jobs Here are some of them... I. TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL Medical: Dental Technician; Flight Surgeon's Assistant; Hospital Orderly (WAC Nurse's Aide); Medical Laboratory Technician; Medical Noncommissioned Officer; Medical Supply Noncommissioned Officer; Medical Technician; Pharmacist; Pharmacy Technician; Sanitary Technician; Surgical Technician; X-ray Technician Personnel: Classification Specialist; Job Analyst; Personnel Consultant; Personnel Technician; Psychological Assistant Public Relations: Reporter; Public Relations Man Instruction and Training: Link Trainer Instructor Physical Sciences and Mathematics: Chemist; Computer; Geodetic Computer; Physics Laboratory Assistant Photography: Camera Technician; Photo Interpreter; Photographer; Photographer, Photoengraving; Photographer, Retouching Artist; Photographic Darkroom Man; Photographic Laboratory Technician; Projectionist, Motion Picture Languages: Interpreter; Translator Drafting: Cartographer; Draftsman; Draftsman, Electrical; Draftsman, Mechanical; Draftsman, Structural; Draftsman, Topographic; Tracer Weather: Meteorological Plotter; Meteorologist; Theodolite Observer; Weather Forecaster; Weather Observer Miscellaneous: Librarian II. RADIO Army Air Forces Radio Mechanic; Radio Operator; Radio Operator, Fixed Station; Radio Operator, High Speed; Radio Operator, Low Speed; Radio Repairman; Radio Repairman, Fixed Station III. COMMUNICATIONS Switchboard Operator, Common Battery; Telegraph Operator; Telephone and Telegraph Equipment Repairman; Telephone Operator; Teletypewriter Communication Instructor; Teletypewriter Switchboard Operator; Chief Switchboard Operator, Common Battery; Chief Telegraph Operator; Chief Teletypewriter Operator; Communication Chief; General Switchboard Operator; Panel and Code Operator IV. MECHANICAL, TRADE AND MANUAL [Text cut at the 4000-character cap: the job list continues with section IV (Mechanics onward, through section VIII) and is omitted.]
