Caption on verso: "'Spirit of Union Pacific Goes to War.' Proudly a committee of Union Pacific employes went to Seattle recently to see 'our' Flying Fortress off-to-the-wars. Attending the dedication (pictured above, left to right) were: H. O. West, Executive Vice Pres., Boeing Aircraft Co.; Walter Wilson, chairman Union Pacific War Bond Committee; F. W. Madden, representing Brotherhood Railway Clerks; John D. Beard, Brotherhood Maintenance of Way; L. A. Collins, Supt. Oregon Division; D. W. Hood, Brotherhood Railway Trainmen; and A. A. Murphy, Assistant to President of Union Pacific.
"To the Employes of the Union Pacific goes the distinction, according to the Treasury Department, of being the first railroad group in the Nation to be honored with a 'named' heavy bomber for voluntarily increasing their payroll deductions for War Bonds by more than $379,000 during May and June.
Union Pacific Railroad Company, "Spirit of Union Pacific" Goes to War, [2022-00-00-17_image_002]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 13/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/24920