Wartime Service & Venereal Disease: Selected Propaganda Posters
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Eitelberg, Mark J.
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2016-03
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March 2016
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Naval Postgraduate School
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The U.S. Army lost the services of roughly 18,000 men per day due to venereal disease (VD) during World War I. Defense officials launched a concerted effort during World War II to raise awareness about the dangers VD through training, advertising, publications, and posters. These efforts at improving awareness, along with advances in medical treatment, reduced the number of U.S. personnel incapacitated by VD to 606 per day during World War II. Posters provide a good example of wartime propaganda aimed at improving the health and readiness of American troops. This presentation complements another presentation by the professor, "Propaganda and the Military: A Beginner's Guide in Shaping Attitudes and Behavior" (2016), showing nearly fifty posters intended to raise awareness of VD among military personnel and to encourage safe sex. The presentation is for educational purposes only. It should not be used commercially. The views, opinions, and findings presented here do not necessarily reflect those of any government department or agency.
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Naval Postgraduate School
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.