Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your Navy today / John Falter USNR." – Antique Print
![Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your Navy today / John Falter USNR.", [19]42. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/232b900dce77-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your Navy today / John Falter USNR." comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Remember last December! - that free peoples may not perish from this earth" Enlist in your Navy today / John Falter USNR."
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Its headline, "Remember last December!", points to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which drew the United States into World War II. Illustrator John Falter, who signed this work as a member of the Naval Reserve, made the 1942 recruiting poster to turn public anger into enlistments, pairing the call to serve with the line about free peoples not perishing from the earth. The record notes a print run of 37,500. Its focus on remembering those lost in the attack gives it a quiet link to Memorial Day.
| Created / published | [19]42. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Order no. 13. NRB-34125-11-6-42-37,500. |
| Subjects | United States.--Navy--Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Sailors--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,781 × 4,716 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221086 |
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