Women of America's salute to the Marines
Marine Corps Women's Reserve recruiting sheet: a woman in green uniform with a clipboard stands at an aircraft propeller while a flight-suited man shields his eyes beside it. The line 'Free a Marine to Fight!' frames enlistment as service to the men at the front, a transfer of the Marines' prestige to the recruit.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
- 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, Gender and suffrage
- 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 Women's Reserve. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-251 (NAID 513693).
Text on the object
Women of America's "SALUTE TO THE MARINES" Join the U.S. MARINE CORPS Women's Reserve apply at YOUR LOCAL U. S. MARINE CORPS RECRUITING OR PROCUREMENT OFFICE [stamp: APPLY 1400 PENNSYLVANIA AVE.] Free a Marine to Fight! [imprint: LITHO U.S.A.]
