Marine Corps recruitment posters, 1942.

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Marine Corps recruitment posters, 1942.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441492027

Collection includes forty posters printed in 1942 advertising the U.S. Marines. Three different poster designs are included, two designs signed by F.S. Thomas. One poster depicts a U.S. fighter plane attacking a Japanese naval vessel. All posters are labeled at the bottom by "434 PB."

3 oversize folders (0.6 linear ft.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7538783

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