Quick action. United States Coast Guard. Don't wait - join today!
Recruiting poster: four orange aircraft with red-disc markings dive toward a grey patrol boat marked CGC-451 under the headline 'Quick action'. A life-ring reads 'Remember Pearl Harbor' and the sheet ends 'Don't wait - join today!'. The attack scene is a fear-appeal; the Pearl Harbor slogan transfers that event onto enlistment.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Coast Guard
- 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. Coast Guard. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1602 (NAID 515267).
Text on the object
QUICK ACTION CGC-451 REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR United States COAST GUARD DON'T WAIT - JOIN TODAY!
