Camp Adair

Infobox Military Structure
name= Camp Adair
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location= Corvallis, Oregon
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type= Military Base
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built= 1942
builder= United States Army
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used=1942-08-15 - 1943-05-10
1943-08-06 - 1943-11-01
96th Infantry Division
Deployed to Pacific Theater
1942-09-15 - 1943-08-07
104th Infantry Division
Deployed to France
1943-06-15 - 1944-07-25
70th Infantry Division
Deployed to France
1943-11-02 - 1944-03-30
91st Infantry Division
Deployed to North Africa
1944-07-26 - 1946-07-23
Prisoner Of War Camp.
demolished=1946
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ownership= Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
City of Adair Village
Private
open_to_public= Yes
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Camp Adair was a United States Army division training facility established north of Corvallis, Oregon. The facility operated from 1942 to 1946. Part of site is now contained within the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). Other parts of Camp Adair became the city of Adair Village.

History

Camp Adair was named for Henry Rodney Adair, who was a native of Astoria, Oregon and a member of a prominent Oregon pioneer family.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = 140] After graduating from West Point, he became a cavalry lieutenant. He was killed during the Pancho Villa Expedition at the Battle of Carrizal on June 211916.

The convert|57159|acre|km2|sing=oncite book |last=Stanton |first=Shelby L. |title= Order of Battle: U.S. Army World War II|year= 1984 |publisher= Presidio Press |location=Novato, California |isbn=0-89141-195-X | pages=p256] site was built during 1942–1943 as a World War II division training and contonment camp, and had temporary quarters for 2,133 officers, and 37,081 enlisted personnel. Although the site was dedicated as "Camp Adair" on September 41943, it had been occupied by troops before that date. Camp Adair post office ran from 1942–1946.

From 1944–1946-07-23, [cite book |last=Krammer |first=Arnold |title= Nazi Prisoners of War in America |year= 1979 |publisher=Stein & Day/Scarborough House |location=Lanham, Maryland |isbn=0-8128-8561-9 | pages=p54] Camp Adair served as a prisoner-of-war camp, housing German and Italian POWs. [cite web |url=http://www.lib.washington.edu/nwa/documents/EasyAccess--03-07.pdf |work= Easy Access |publisher= Northwest Archivists, Inc. |title= News from the Northwest…Oregon: Oregon State University (Corvallis): Recent accessions: Land Records–Camp Adair Properties |accessdate= 2008-04-21] [cite web |url= http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/osu/osupow.html |title= Prisoners-of-War (images of prisoners-of-war working on Oregon farms) |publisher= Oregon Secretary of State: Archives Division |accessdate=2008-04-21]

ee also

*List of POW camps in the United States
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References

External links

* [http://www.salemhistory.net/culture/world_war_II_adair.htm Henry Adair and Camp Adair] from Salem Online History
* [http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/visitors/ee_wilson_wildlife_area/history.asp Camp Adair history] from ODFW visitor guide to E. E. Wilson Wildlife Area]