Give three examples of how World War II affected the lives of people in Washington.

More than 400,000 U. S. soldiers were killed in World War II. Kids suffered the loss of their parents and siblings; parents grieved the loss of their children. Yet another gruesome statistic in the arithmetic of war is the number of soldiers missing in action, lost at sea, or interred as unknowns.

Seattle ranked as one of the top three cities in the nation in war contracts per capital

Washington state ranked as one of the top two in the nation for war contracts per capital.

Airplane and ship contracts in 1943-1944 were valued at three times the total of all manufacturing in the state in 1939