“Tell it to the Marines” WW2 USMC Propaganda Art
Some nice USMC related propaganda artwork, mostly from recruiting posters. Here we go:
Simple, effective, cool:
A variation of the above:
Marine Corps aviation:
United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve:
Some early ones still featuring the M1917/A1 Helmet:
Seabees:
This one is not strictly WW2 but quite funny if you can read German, wrong grammar! So bad spelling is not exclusive to Japanese propaganda: 🙂
Not USMC related but nonetheless interesting. Shows how Americans where thinking about their Japanese enemies:
And last but not least a really nice Chesterfield advertisement featuring Marine Corps Raiders!
Am I just seeing things or do the women all look like Lena Mae Basilone? (well at least the black haired ones)
Also I like the bad Kanji imitations on the houses. :>
I didn’t realize this before, especially the first one looks like her! 🙂