However, posters and other incentives were not quite enough to entice a sufficient number of enlistees, so in World War II, as i... WWII posters aimed to inspire, encourage service By David Vergun ...

However, posters and other incentives were not quite enough to entice a sufficient number of enlistees, so in World War II, as in World War I, Congress found it necessary to draft men into service.

Poster Art had been introduced to an American audience in World War I by the Division of Pictorial Publicity of the United States Committee on Public Information, founded in April of 1917.

As WWII came to a close, American soldiers returned home not just with stories, but with tangible pieces of history. From ...

GUEST: Well, we brought in a World War II war bond poster. About five years ago, I bought it at an auction in, uh, Nebraska, and we paid $400. There was more, uh, military posters, but this one ...

This image, said to be the most popular poster design of World War II, appeared as a billboard in 1941. Carl Paulson created the design under the direction of the Outdoor Advertising Association of ...

SL: This one [points at a poster of American boxer Joe Louis from 1942].. “We’re going to do our part. We’ll win because we’re on God’s side.” He said it at Madison Square Garden. Some ...

The first posters were displayed in the windows of TASS agency on June 27, 1941, less than a week after Germany attacked the USSR ...

There are two things you need to know about the pictures on a recent Montana National Guard recruiting poster: The first is that the soldier in the center is Command Sgt. Maj. Lawrence DeBoo, the ...