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Shortly after the USA in 1917 joined the war in Europe, a magazine illustrator drew a picture featuring a stern-faced Uncle Sam pointing outward with his right index finger, his eyes glaring directly at the viewer. “I Want YOU for U.S. Army”. Four million of those posters were distributed around the states to recruit people to join in the war. More than two million Americans signed up as recruits to fight in France during the First...