United States Military Recruitment Across History

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United States Military Recruitment Across History
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Historical Recruitment Posters
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James Flagg, Lithograph, 1917
http//www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm015.html
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Continental Army recruiting poster. (Engraving,
c. 1776, by an unknown artist, Library of
Congress.)
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1776 http//memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage
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Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical
Society http//memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/tr
easures/thinking3.html
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1863 recruiting poster National
Archives http//www.archives.gov/education/lessons
/blacks-civil-war/
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Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical
Society http//memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/tr
easures/thinking3.html
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Civil War Treasures from the New-York Historical
Society http//memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/tr
easures/thinking3.html
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World War I Recruiting Poster
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1908 Navy Recruitment Ad in Popular Mechanics
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World War II Navy Recruitment Posters http//www.h
istory.navy.mil/ac/posters/wwiiwomen/wavep1.htm
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1943 http//www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/c
ollections/wwii-posters/img/ww0207-83.jpg
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World War II Navy Recruitment Posters http//www.h
istory.navy.mil/ac/posters/wwiiwomen/wavep1.htm
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"Remember December 7th" (1941-1945)
http//www.bluejacket.com/usn_posters.html
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World War II
http//www.bluejacket.com/usn_posters.html
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Post WWII poster
http//www.bluejacket.com/usn_posters.html
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http//www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/af-ame
r/afam-usn.htm
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1972 http//www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/a
f-amer/afam-usn.htm
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U.S. Navy recruiting poster, 1974
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Beyond Posters Contemporary Multimedia
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www.goarmy.com
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Shopping bags distributed in corner stores in New
York City, 2006
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Recruiters in Schools Excerpts from the
US Army School Recruiting
Program Handbook
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c. The objective of the SRP is to assist
recruiters with programs and services so they can
effectively penetrate the school market. The goal
is school ownership that can only lead to a
greater number of Army enlistments. Recruiters
must first establish rapport in the schools..
From page 2 of the US Army School Recruiting
Program Handbook (USAREC Pamphlet 350-13)
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Chapter 7 Education Incentives.. 7-2. Purpose
a. To encourage college-capable individuals to
defer their college until they have served in the
Army. b. To fill the various Army skills with
capable individuals. c. To demonstrate to the
education community that the Army is concerned
with assisting Soldiers by providing financial
assistance for postsecondary education. From page
7 of the US Army School Recruiting Program
Handbook (USAREC Pamphlet 350-13)
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• Extended Resources
• Blue Jacket Navy Recruiting Through the Years
• http//www.bluejacket.com/usn_posters.html
• New York Times military recruitment slide show
• http//www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2005/09/23/busine
  ss/20050925_RECRUIT_SLIDESHOW_1.html
• Library of Congress-American Memory unit on Civil
  War Recruitment posters
• http//memory.loc.gov/learn/collections/treasures/
  thinking3.html
• New York Civil Liberties Union Project on
  Military recruitment and students rights
• http//milrec.nyclu.org/1b.html