Keep 'em flying" is our battle cry! Do your part for duty - honor - country / Dan V. Smith ; Albro F. Downe." – Vintage Wall Art
![Keep 'em flying" is our battle cry! Do your part for duty - honor - country / Dan V. Smith ; Albro F. Downe.", [19]42. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fb/fb86a38b4766-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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Keep 'em flying" is our battle cry! Do your part for duty - honor - country / Dan V. Smith ; Albro F. Downe."
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Keep 'em flying" is the phrase that sets this 1942 recruiting poster apart, pairing a call to duty with a bomber and the American flag. Credited to Dan V. Smith and Albro F. Downe and issued by the United States Army Recruiting and Induction Service, it targeted men considering the Army Air Corps after the United States entered the Second World War in December 1941. Bombers were central to the war effort, and recruiters used them to show that aircrews and the ground crews who kept planes flying were essential to victory. The slogan "Do your part for duty, honor, country" reflects the patriotic language common to wartime recruiting.
| Created / published | [19]42. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | War posters 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | No. P-37 (C-1)-RPB-4-22-42-50M. Presented by United States Army Recruiting & Induction Sevice. |
| Subjects | United States.--Army.--Air Corps--Recruiting & enlistment--1940-1950. World War, 1939-1945--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Bombers--American--1940-1950. Flags--American--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216839 |
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