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
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency (distributed by Office of War Information)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Health, Home front, 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. Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency (distributed by Office of War Information). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1154 (NAID 514750).
Text on the object
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
