Poster
These Knowing Devil Dogs at Training Camp Do Know
![Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KILLED." Poster text reads: "These Knowing Devil Dogs at Training Camp Do Know. Paris Island, S.C. — 'If you don't know you get killed!' U.S. Marine recruits find this sign everywhere they turn. So they <i>know</i>. Secretary Daniels recently said, 'You can't kill a U. S. Marine or drown one.' And here's the answer. U.S. Marines are trained to know all there is to know about finishing off the other fellow while protecting their own lives skillfully. To die for one's country is a glorious death. But to But to live for one's country while sending scores of the enemy to the Great Beyond is the acid test of soldier efficiency. How about the Bois de Belleau? Ask Fritz — he knows. This Photo Furnished by U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station."](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700017020004/1702000071-l.jpg "These Knowing Devil Dogs at Training Camp Do Know")
| Poster featuring a photograph of a group of Marine recruits posing with their rifles. Some are holding signs that read: "IF YOU DONT [sic] KNOW YOU GET KILLED." Poster text reads: "These Knowing Devil Dogs at Training Camp Do Know. Paris Island, S.C. — 'If you don't know you get killed!' U.S. Marine recruits find this sign everywhere they turn. So they know. Secretary Daniels recently said, 'You can't kill a U. S. Marine or drown one.' And here's the answer. U.S. Marines are trained to know all there is to know about finishing off the other fellow while protecting their own lives skillfully. To die for one's country is a glorious death. But to But to live for one's country while sending scores of the enemy to the Great Beyond is the acid test of soldier efficiency. How about the Bois de Belleau? Ask Fritz — he knows. This Photo Furnished by U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Station." |
| Image ID: | 130599 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1917 |
| Creator Name: | U.S. Pictorial Service |
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| Collection Name: | World War I posters, circa 1914-circa 1918 |
| Genre: | Poster |
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| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Propaganda |
| Marines |
| Recruiting and enlistment |
| Soldiers |
| War posters |
| World War, 1914-1918 |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Portraits, Group |
| Signs and signboards |
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