Employee War Contribution

Employee War Contribution

At the Hanford Engineer Works in Richland, WA, during World War II, every employee donated one day's worth of their pay to purchase a B-17 bomber as their contribution to the war effort. The plane was named 'Day's Pay' and went on to fly over 60 missions in Germany.

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