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title: Keep 'em flying!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-army-recruiting-banner-1941/
description: 'Long horizontal banner poster: the words ''KEEP ''EM FLYING!'' in tall dark-blue capitals on cream, with a red-and-white eagle seal on a blue panel at each'
section: Collection
---

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[![Keep 'em flying!, 1941 US poster: Long horizontal banner poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-army-recruiting-banner-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-army-recruiting-banner-1941.jpg)

# Keep 'em flying!

Long horizontal banner poster: the words 'KEEP 'EM FLYING!' in tall dark-blue capitals on cream, with a red-and-white eagle seal on a blue panel at each end. There is no picture beyond the seals. The technique is a slogan carried by the national emblem (transfer); the technique is faint here.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

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

```
KEEP 'EM FLYING!
[imprint: PRINTED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY RECRUITING SERVICE (small print, partly legible)]
```

[← Keep 'em fighting. Production wins wars. Stop accidents](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-fighting-sailor-national-safety-council-1941/) [Keep 'em flying (banner, left section) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-army-recruiting-banner-detail-1941/)

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