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title: Keep'em flying! On to Victory
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-on-to-victory-air-corps-1941/
description: 'Small recruiting card: three dark-blue aircraft silhouettes inside a ring of lettering reading ''KEEP''EM FLYING! ON TO VICTORY''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Keep'em flying! On to Victory, 1941 US poster: Small recruiting card](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-on-to-victory-air-corps-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-on-to-victory-air-corps-1941.jpg)

# Keep'em flying! On to Victory

Small recruiting card: three dark-blue aircraft silhouettes inside a ring of lettering reading 'KEEP'EM FLYING! ON TO VICTORY', with the V of Victory in red and Air Corps star roundels at the foot. The technique is glittering generalities (Victory) tied to national symbols, with recruiting addresses below.

## 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!
ON TO VICTORY
AIR CORPS
U. S. ARMY
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, Neb.
Eighth Corps Area, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Ninth Corps Area, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.
Or write to Enlisted Division, FC-4, A.G.O., Washington, D.C.
```

[← Keep 'em flying (Flying Cadet recruiting)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-flying-cadet-army-recruiting-1941/) [Keep 'em flying! Sure I'll help! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-sure-ill-help-1941/)

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