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title: Be ready to jump into their shoes!! [Victory Corps]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-be-ready-to-jump-into-their-shoes-1943/
description: A Black girl and boy in 'Victory Corps' shirts salute in front of a large V, standing in oversized army boots, with a column of marching soldiers
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[![Be ready to jump into their shoes!! \[Victory Corps\], 1943 US cartoon: A Black girl and boy in 'Victory Corps' shirts salute](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-be-ready-to-jump-into-their-shoes-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/owi-alston-be-ready-to-jump-into-their-shoes-1943.jpg)

# Be ready to jump into their shoes!! [Victory Corps]

A Black girl and boy in 'Victory Corps' shirts salute in front of a large V, standing in oversized army boots, with a column of marching soldiers on the left and a factory and harbor on the right. The tell is identity-fusion with a weak fit: the boots invite students to see themselves as the next soldiers and workers, and the call to form a Victory Corps unit is attached to that image.

## Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon

[Identity fusion](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/identity-fusion/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Form One In Your High School~NOW!
VICTORY CORPS
VICTORY CORPS
BE READY TO JUMP INTO THEIR SHOES!!
Alston
```

[← Army Relief Fund](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-army-relief-fund-1943/) [Beware of the Leak in the Dam!! →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/owi-alston-beware-leak-in-the-dam-1943/)

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