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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.
The U.S. Marines Want You
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

The U.S. Marines Want You

Artifact IDMO 2005.13.23.5.2
Object Type Poster
Issuing Body (American, founded 1907)
Date1942
Mediumpaper, ink
Dimensionsoverall H 40 in x W 28 in (101.6 cm x 71.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA color poster with a seafoam-colored background featuring an illustration of a U.S. Marine, from the waist up, wearing a dress blue uniform. Standing against a backdrop of the American flag, he is leaning forward with his right arm outstretched towards the viewer and his index finger raised in a beckoning gesture. Blue text above and below the image reads: “THE U.S. MARINES / WANT YOU / ENLIST TODAY.”

Small text printed just below the image provides the poster information: MCPB 95462 1-2-42 5M. 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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