Now Is the Time! For Men of 18-19 to Choose
A large photographic portrait of a young man looking upward, beside a montage of army scenes: marching troops, a parachute, a radio operator, military police, a tank, a field gun, a liaison plane and jeeps. A card headed 'For Men of 18-19 to Choose' lists the Army branches, with 'Apply at the nearest U.S. Army Recruiting and Induction Station'. The montage lends the look of many service roles to the individual choice; the technique is faint.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-176 (NAID 513622).
Text on the object
NOW is the TIME! For Men of 18-19 to Choose 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: printer's code, illegible]
