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Bonneville Dam, April 29, 1938.
(Courtesy of Oreg. State Univ. Archives, Wasco County Pioneer Assoc., WCPA 186B-2)
Camp Adair Hospital unit, 1940s.
(Courtesy of Oreg. State Univ. Archives, Harriet's Coll., HC0816)
Camp White, about 1943.
(Courtesy of Southern Oreg. Hist. Soc., SOHS01i_5778)
U.S. Army's 91st Infantry Division at Camp White, 1942.
(Courtesy of Southern Oreg. Hist. Soc., SOHS01i_13408)
Aerial of Vanport
(Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Library, OrHi 56002)
Eight K-class airships of Squadron ZP-33 in hangar at Naval Air Station Tillamook
(Courtesy of Tillamook County Pioneer Museum)