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![]() Patriotic Poster from World War II, Service on the home front, Citizens Defense Corps, Citizens Service Corps, American Unity, Salvage Program, Victory Gardens, There's a job for every Pennsylvanian in these civilian defense efforts. Pennsylvania State Council of Defense Capitol Building, Harrisburg Penna. Image of an American family, a husband next to WPA with a flashlight in hand, wife with a rake and a daughter behind a stylized home community; Click for larger printable copyright free graphic file of this artwork of a famous vintage WWII U.S. government Citizens Civil Defense recruiting poster. Service on the home frontAs America mobilized for war, men, women and children on the home front supported the war effort in numerous ways. This World War II poster, produced by the WPA (Works Progress Administration), makes an appeal to citizens of all ages to join civilian defense organizations like the Citizens Defense Corps, Citizens Service Corps and American Unity and to participate in community salvage programs and victory gardening efforts. |
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United States of America Military Armed Services and Civil Defense Recruiting Posters: When the United States entered World War II the U. S. Air Force, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, United States Marines, all branches of the armed services began aggressively recruiting and scores of government civil defense workers were needed as well. The military and civil defense wanted women as well as men and World War II also created a shortage of nurses many were already in the military so a new uniformed service was created to recruit, educate and fill this void with young American women, the new uniformed service which eventually no longer needed and abolished in 1948 was called the program administered by the U.S. Public Health Service was called the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. All this war recruiting resulted in some outstanding artwork and effective motivational recruitment poster printing by the U.S. government; these awesome military recruiting posters surely made Americans want to join their favorite branch of the armed service or other uniformed services like civil defense or the U.S. Cadet Nurses; some of the best recruiting posters printed during the late 1930's and early 1940s are displayed on these pages. These vintage WWII armed services recruiting posters are public domain images and copyright free images files free for download and any use.
