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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Let's Go Get 'Em!
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Let's Go Get 'Em!

Object numberMO 2005.13.23.10.2
Name Poster
Artist (American artist, 1891 - 1953)
Maker (American printing company, 1924 - 1976)
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 40 in x W 29 13/16 in (101.6 cm x 75.8 cm )
DescriptionA color poster featuring an illustration of two uniformed American Marines, both holding rifles, emerging from a clump of tropical brush. Beyond them can be seen several additional Marines still hidden within the brush. Rising from the brush is the American flag and the flag of the U.S. Marines Corps. The artist's facsimile signature is in the lower right corner of the image: GUINNESS / CAPTAIN USMC. Black text above and below the illustration reads: "LET'S GO GET 'EM! / U.S. MARINES / APPLY, OR WRITE, TO NEAREST RECRUITING STATION."

Additional small text running along the bottom has the poster information: Polygraphic Co. of America, Inc., New York NOm – 35,701 6-6-42- 10,000 436 PB.
Additional Details
Custodial History NoteDonated to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum by the Adriance Memorial Library.
Credit LineGift of the Adriance Memorial Library
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesOriginal Posters from World War I and World War II (National Archives Identifier 739394)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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