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Harrisburg Community Chest and War Fund flyer, circa 1944.
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Harrisburg Community Chest and War Fund flyer which reads, Give once and for all. Win the War sooner. Double last years gift. On the Home front, on the Fighting front, on the Allied front.

Credit: Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives

To coordinate funding for the Red Cross, USO agencies, and other services, the state legislature in 1943 created the Pennsylvania War Fund, which in three years raised close to $27 million.

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