![Un Paracaidista del Ejército [An Army Paratrooper], 1942 US poster: A colour photograph shows a US Army paratrooper](../images/us-ociaa-un-paracaidista-del-ejercito-1942.jpg)
Un Paracaidista del Ejército [An Army Paratrooper]
A colour photograph shows a US Army paratrooper with chest-pack parachute and radio, set against the large star roundel of a US aircraft. The national insignia behind the soldier attaches the nation's identity to the individual fighting man (transfer), and the caption reports him receiving final instructions by radio before take-off.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos), Washington
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (US federal government work)
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, c. 1942. National Archives and Records Administration, NAID 44268223 (44-PF-857).
Text on the object
UN PARACAIDISTA DEL EJÉRCITO PARACAIDISTA Un paracaidista del ejército de los Estados Unidos recibe sus instrucciones finales por radio antes de elevarse. Publicado por el Coordinador de Asuntos Interamericanos, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
AN ARMY PARATROOPER PARATROOPER A United States Army paratrooper receives his final instructions by radio before taking off. Published by the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, Commerce Department Building, Washington, D. C.
