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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.
Keep 'Em Flying

Keep 'Em Flying

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.22.29
Object Type Poster
Issuing Body (American, founded 1919)
Date1941
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 38 in x W 25 in (96.5 cm x 63.5 cm )
Physical DescriptionA sepia-tone U.S. Army recruitment poster titled, “Keep ‘em Flying”. The poster features a photographic image of a group of military airmen in flight gear walking forward and looking upwards towards the sky while a U.S. Army aircraft flies overhead. Text at the center of the poster promotes the U.S. Army’s Flying Cadet program to young men with the promise of becoming officers and pilots in the U.S. Army Air Corps. Printed along the bottom of the poster is, “U. S. ARMY RECRUITING SERVICE / Visit or write the nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station or write to the Commanding General of the Corps Area nearest you: [list of nine locations in different cities across the country] / Or apply to your local Junior Chamber of Commerce.”

Issued by the Recruiting Publicity Bureau, United States Army, poster no. P-28—RPB—5-21-41—50M.
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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