Eighty years ago, the U.S. was still at war, but there would soon come a time when Johnny came marching home. And when he did, he would want a radio, a phonograph, and home appliances, things that were currently unavailable.

Admiral had already started advertising, and in this ad in the November 1944 issue of Radio Retailing, it reminded dealers about those ads, and encouraged them to get ready to start selling Admiral products.