Radiogram: To men of 18 and 19, new enlistment privileges
Army recruiting poster: a yellow 'RADIOGRAM' message panel with radio tower and lightning bolts above a photograph of a helmeted soldier in profile, and a list of ten branches open to men of 18 and 19. The tell is the list of branches and the new 'privileges' offered, with the soldier's portrait standing for the service.
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-1606 (NAID 515271).
Text on the object
RADIOGRAM TO MEN OF 18 AND 19 . . . NEW ENLISTMENT PRIVILEGES . . . IN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT QUARTERMASTER CORPS CORPS of MILITARY POLICE CHEMICAL WARFARE SERVICE SIGNAL CORPS ★ AIR FORCES ARMORED FORCE ★ CAVALRY INFANTRY ★ FIELD ARTILLERY COAST ARTILLERY CORPS (Antiaircraft ★ Harbor Defense) CORPS of ENGINEERS APPLY NOW AT ANY U.S. ARMY RECRUITING and INDUCTION STATION [imprint: small printing code at lower right, illegible]
