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title: 'WAAC: This Is My War Too!'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/waac-this-is-my-war-too-1943/
description: 'Recruiting poster: a uniformed woman in an Army cap and jacket looks upward in front of a large U.S. flag, under the headline ''WAAC'' and the line ''This'
section: Collection
---

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[![WAAC: This Is My War Too!, 1943 US poster: Recruiting poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/waac-this-is-my-war-too-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/waac-this-is-my-war-too-1943.jpg)

# WAAC: This Is My War Too!

Recruiting poster: a uniformed woman in an Army cap and jacket looks upward in front of a large U.S. flag, under the headline 'WAAC' and the line 'This is my war too!'. The first-person slogan has the viewer speak as the woman and claim the war as hers; the flag adds national symbolism, with no specific duties or terms stated.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
WAAC
THIS IS MY WAR TOO!
WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS
UNITED • STATES • ARMY
[signature:] DAN·V·SMITH
[imprint:] P-13-RPB-1-9-43-30M
```

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