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title: Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/join-us-cadet-nurse-corps-5416-opportunities-1944/
description: Horizontal recruitment sheet in red, white and navy beside a colour portrait of a young woman in a Cadet Nurse uniform and beret.
section: Collection
---

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[![Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944 US poster: Horizontal recruitment sheet in red, white and navy beside a colour portrait](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-us-cadet-nurse-corps-5416-opportunities-1944.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/join-us-cadet-nurse-corps-5416-opportunities-1944.jpg)

# Join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps

Horizontal recruitment sheet in red, white and navy beside a colour portrait of a young woman in a Cadet Nurse uniform and beret. Text says there are 'only 5,416 opportunities to enlist this month' and 'more than 100,000 cadet nurses'. The tells are the uniform and insignia lending the service's standing (transfer), the large number joined (bandwagon), and a scarcity line.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Only 5,416 opportunities to enlist this month
JOIN THE
U. S. CADET NURSE CORPS
U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 100,000 CADET NURSES
A lifetime education in a proud profession with
expenses paid...for high-school graduates who qualify
For information go to your local hospital or write U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps, Box 88, New York 8, N. Y.
DISTRIBUTED BY OWI
FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY
NE-CC3
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944—O-591942
```

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