So he can fight!

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On the left side of poster is a large, orange, image of a combat soldier carrying a rifle. In much smaller scale in the foreground is a gray image of the back of a WAAC, waving at the soldier. In the center of the poster is text describing the contributions of women in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. On the right side and bottom center are black & white photographs showing WAAC's performing various tasks. In the lower right corner is an unsigned cartoon showing a line of combat soldiers fording a river with their rifles held over their heads. … continued below

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1 poster : col. ; 89 x 119 cm.

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United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division. 1943.

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This poster is part of the collection entitled: World War Poster Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Government Documents Department to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 550 times. More information about this poster can be viewed below.

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On the left side of poster is a large, orange, image of a combat soldier carrying a rifle. In much smaller scale in the foreground is a gray image of the back of a WAAC, waving at the soldier. In the center of the poster is text describing the contributions of women in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. On the right side and bottom center are black & white photographs showing WAAC's performing various tasks. In the lower right corner is an unsigned cartoon showing a line of combat soldiers fording a river with their rifles held over their heads. The last soldier in line is a WAAC carrying her typewriter over her head.

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1 poster : col. ; 89 x 119 cm.

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"Prepared from public sources of information."

Prepared and distributed by Army Orientation Course. Army Air Forces distribution by Publications Division, Air Adjutant General, HG., AAF. Navy distribution by Educational Services Section, BuPers, Navy Dept.

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The same poster is on verso of Newsmap, V. 2, no. 4, Monday, May 17, 1943.

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  • Accession or Local Control No: Database No. 512
  • Call Number: Dewey No. 940.54 no.010
  • Call Number: Posters WW2 ASF 3
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc244

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World War Poster Collection

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World War Two Collection

These materials focus on World War II and the immediate postwar period of the late 1940s. In addition to materials created during the time period, materials may include modern studies and commemorative works about the era.

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  • 1943

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  • June 13, 2006, 11:18 a.m.

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  • Oct. 8, 2015, 7:16 p.m.

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United States. Army Service Forces. Special Service Division. So he can fight!, poster, 1943; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc244/: accessed December 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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