Slideshow: Marine Corps Recruiting Posters
Marine Corps Recruiting Posters
First in the Fight
Early 20th century recruiting poster. "Always Faithful".
Soldiers of the Sea
Early 20th century recruiting poster showing Marines raising the flag in the tropics.
Wanted: Able Bodied Men of Good Character
Early 20th century recruiting poster.
Color Guard recruiting Poster, 1917
Color Guard Recruiting Poster, 1917 (USMC Art Collection)
Early 20th Century Recruiting Poster
Early 20th Century Recruiting Poster (USMC Art Collection)
Drill Sargeant Recruiting Poster 1971
This recruiting poster first appeared in 1971, emphasizing traditional Marine toughness.
If You Want to Fight
Howard Chandler Christy, famous for his trademark "Christy girl" put her in uniform for this recruiting poster. Painted in 1915, it was updated for World War I by the addiction of Marines wearing the dishpan helmets with which U.S. forces were equipped dur
MEN WANTED
Early 20th century recruiting poster, advertising the Marines as a three-in-one service: land, sea, and sky.
Tell That to the Marines
Marine Corps World War One recruiters used James Montgomery Flaggs challenging painting after the U.S. declaration of war against Germany. (Marine Corps Art Collection, Museums Division, Marine Corps University, Quantico)
