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title: 'Men of 18 and 19: Now you can choose your branch of service'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/men-of-18-and-19-now-you-can-choose-1942/
description: 'Army recruiting poster: a low-angle photograph of a helmeted young soldier looking upward, a black brush banner reading ''Men of 18 and 19''.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Men of 18 and 19: Now you can choose your branch of service, 1942 US poster: Army recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-of-18-and-19-now-you-can-choose-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/men-of-18-and-19-now-you-can-choose-1942.jpg)

# Men of 18 and 19: Now you can choose your branch of service

Army recruiting poster: a low-angle photograph of a helmeted young soldier looking upward, a black brush banner reading 'Men of 18 and 19', and a torn-paper list of ten branches of service. The heroic upward gaze carries admiration onto enlistment (transfer); the list presents the choice of branch and gives no term, pay or risk (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
MEN of 18 and 19
NOW you can choose your branch of service
CORPS of ENGINEERS
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
INFANTRY ★ FIELD ARTILLERY
ARMORED FORCE ★ CAVALRY
SIGNAL CORPS ★ AIR FORCES
CORPS of MILITARY POLICE
CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE
COAST ARTILLERY CORPS
(Antiaircraft ★ Harbor Defense)
APPLY AT THE NEAREST U.S. ARMY RECRUITING and INDUCTION STATION
[imprint: P-46-SPB-11-17-42-50M]
```

[← Meat, poultry, fish are full of flavor, a cold dry place is what they favor](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/meat-poultry-fish-full-of-flavor-cold-dry-place-1942/) [Men working together! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/men-working-together-1942/)

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