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Background Information
Tries to convince people to sign up to serve in the military. Obviously there was a shortage of personnel, so using the American flag design and a fatherly figure was a method of propaganda for the army. It's beneficial; there is no malicious intent.
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This is propaganda because
Uncle Sam is a poster that was used during both World Wars to try to enlist young men for the military. It's a sort of personification of the United States (hence the initials), and is loosely based off of a meat packer named Samuel Wilson.
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