An original color 11” x 13 ¾” poster entitled “Citizen-Soldier First Class. Join the Army Organized Reserve Now!” The poster was created by the U.S. Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau, and is dated September 1, 1950. It was created for use during the Korean War in building the U.S. Army Reserve at a time when the Regular Army was heading overseas to Korea. The poster’s graphics were created by American artist and illustrator Arthur Hershel Lidov of Chicago, Illinois.

From Oversized Folder 1, 1950 Army Organized Reserve Recruitment Poster, KOR 10, Korean War Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.

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