Join U.S. Army Air Corps
Recruiting poster: a smiling airman in leather helmet and goggles looks upward against a blue field with stars and red and white stripes, above the words Join U.S. Army Air Corps and the Air Corps roundel. The tell is transfer: flag colours and stars are attached to the service, with a happy, upward-looking face standing for its appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Air Corps, artist Stan Ekman
- 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. Army Air Corps. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1152 (NAID 514748).
Text on the object
JOIN U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS [signature:] Stan Ekman [imprint:] COURTESY OF EMPLOYEES OF LITHOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY [imprint:] LITHO. IN U.S.A.
