Opportunity for an officer's career at sea
Text-only recruiting sheet in orange and grey with the United States Maritime Service seal at top and bottom. It offers licensed-officer training in the U.S. Merchant Marine to men with 14 months at sea, citing $126 a month at school. The technique is mild: 'Opportunity' and 'Officer's Career' appeal in broad terms, and the slogan 'Keep 'em sailing!' closes it.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- United States Maritime Service
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Labor
- 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)
United States Maritime Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1469 (NAID 515133).
Text on the object
OPPORTUNITY For An OFFICER'S CAREER At Sea FOR MEN WHO HAVE BEEN TO SEA 14 MONTHS IN THE Deck or Engine Department (Ocean or Great Lakes Vessels) BE A LICENSED OFFICER — IN THE — U. S. MERCHANT MARINE CLASSES NOW FORMING ($126 Per Month while at School) APPLY NOW! KEEP 'EM SAILING! [seal text:] UNITED STATES MARITIME SERVICE [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 547270
