U.S. Marines on land, at sea, in the air: Defend America now!
Marine recruiting sheet: a bald eagle swoops over a white outline map of the United States lettered 'Defend America', above black silhouettes of four rifle-and-bayonet infantrymen advancing past a grey battleship, with 'NOW!' at right. Headline 'U.S. Marines', subline 'on land at sea in the air'. The eagle and map attach national symbols to the service (transfer); 'Defend America' is a broad virtue word.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marine Corps
- 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. Marine Corps. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1448 (NAID 515111).
Text on the object
U·S·MARINES on LAND at SEA in the AIR Defend AMERICA NOW! [signature: illegible] [imprint: small print at lower left, illegible; ends 416 PB] [handwritten pencil note at lower right, illegible]
