Keep 'em flying (Flying Cadet recruiting)
Army recruiting sheet: a trainer plane marked ARMY above the headline 'Keep 'em Flying', then a paragraph listing free aviation training, pay and commission, and a photograph of helmeted flight cadets looking upward. The technique is the selective list of benefits (card-stacking) with an uplifting image.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Recruiting Service
- 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 Recruiting Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1174D (NAID 514772).
Text on the object
Keep 'em Flying The U.S. Army offers, without expense to you, the best aviation training in the world. This instruction prepares you for a professional career, either civilian or military. You will earn as you learn. The Flying Cadet receives $75 a month, plus uniforms, equipment, board and lodging. Upon graduation, he is commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Reserve, and placed on active duty with the Regular Army Air Corps with pay ranging from $205.50 to $245.50 per month. How to qualify? You must be between 20 and 27 years of age, unmarried, sound physically. You must have completed two years of college, or pass a written examination covering equivalent work. U. S. ARMY RECRUITING SERVICE Visit or write the nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station or write to the Commanding General of the Corps Area nearest you: First Corps Area, Boston, Mass. Second Corps Area, Governors Island, N. Y. Third Corps Area, Baltimore, Md. Fourth Corps Area, Atlanta, Ga. Fifth Corps Area, Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio Sixth Corps Area, Chicago, Ill. Seventh Corps Area, Omaha, Nebr. Eighth Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston, Texas Ninth Corps Area, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. Or apply to your local Junior Chamber of Commerce [imprint: P-26-ERS-3-21-41-3M (small, partly legible)] [on aircraft: ARMY, U.S., 356]
