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title: Keep 'em flying! Sure I'll help!
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-sure-ill-help-1941/
description: 'Army Air Forces recruiting poster: a stylised young man in profile, giving a two-finger V sign and saying ''Sure I''ll help!''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Keep 'em flying! Sure I'll help!, 1941 US poster: Army Air Forces recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-sure-ill-help-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/keep-em-flying-sure-ill-help-1941.jpg)

# Keep 'em flying! Sure I'll help!

Army Air Forces recruiting poster: a stylised young man in profile, giving a two-finger V sign and saying 'Sure I'll help!', beneath a banner of stars and stripes carrying the slogan 'Keep 'em flying!'. The tell is bandwagon-style peer modelling, the pictured volunteer standing for what the viewer should say, with flag imagery as transfer.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
"KEEP'EM FLYING!"
Sure I'll help!
You, too, can help . . . you and other air-minded young men of seventeen who want to wear
silver wings and become bombardiers, navigators or pilots . . . men of your age who can now find
their opportunity in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve to qualify for future training as Aviation Cadets.
U.S.ARMY AIR FORCES
If you are employed in an essential war industry or are engaged in agriculture do not apply * If you are interested in Naval Aviation Cadet training apply at any Navy Recruiting Station.
This announcement is made with the approval of the Joint Army and Navy Personnel Board.
[signature: Graves]
[imprint: partly legible printer code at lower right, apparently ending 35M]
```

Small image; the fine print is partly illegible.

[← "Keep 'em Flying" is our battle cry! Do your part for duty - honor - country](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-flying-duty-honor-country-1941/) [Keep 'em Rolling, Make 'em Last: Take Care of Machinery →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keep-em-rolling-make-em-last-american-hotel-association-1941/)

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