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
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army Air Forces (artist signed Graves)
- 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 Air Forces. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-69 (NAID 513531).
Text on the object
"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.
