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History - Camp Adair Timelines

These t imelines summarize the movements of each division during World War II. courtesy of the Benton County Historical Society & Museum

96th DEADEYE INFANTRY DIVISION
Commanding Officer: Major/General James Bradley

August	1942	Activated Camp Adair, Oregon
May	1943	To Fort Lewis, Wa
July	1943	To Bend, OR Manuver Area
November	1943	To Camp White, OR
March	1944	To California for amphibious training
July	1944	To Hawaii, more amphibious training
October	1944	To Phillippines, Leyte
March	1945	Left Phillippines
April	1945	Attacked Okinawa
June	1945	Asst Commander, General Claudius Easley, killed
July	1945	To Philippines
January	1946	To United States
February	1946	Deactivated

104th TIMBERWOLF INFANTRY DIVISION
Commanding Officers:
Major/General Gilbert R. Cook
Sept 1942-Oct 1943
Major/General Terry Allen
Oct 1943-Oct 1945

September	1942	Activated Camp Adair, Oregon
August	1943	To Bend, Or Maneuver Area
October	1943	Gen Allen assumes command
November	1943	To Arizona for desert warfare training
February	1944	To Yuma, AZ, more desert training
March	1944	To Camp Granite, CA
March	1944	To Camp Carson, CO
June	1944	Infantry Day- 15,000 men in review
September	1944	Arrived France
October	1944	To Belgium
November	1944	To Germany
February	1945	Crossed Roer River
March	1945	Crossed Rhine River
April	1945	To Pretzsch to meet Red Army
June	1945	To United States
June	1945	Deactivated
December	1946	Reactivated, Portland, OR-Organized Reserves

 

70th TRAILBLAZER INFANTRY DIVISION
Commanding Officers:
Major/General John E Dahlquist
June 1943-July 1944
Major/General Allison Barnett
July 1944- July 1945

June	1943	Activated Camp Adair, Oregon
July	1944	To Ft Leonard Wood, MO
November	1944	Left for Europe
December	1944	Advanced regiments arrived France
January	1945	Remainder of division in France
February	1945	Offensive near Saar River
March	1945	Pushed through Siegfried Line
October	1945	Deactivated Camp Kilmer, NJ

91st POWDER RIVER INFANTRY DIVISION
Commanding Officers:
Major/General Charles Gerhardt
Aug 1942-July 1943
Major/General William Livesay
July 1943- Dec 1945

August	1917	Activated Camp Lewis, WA Served in France
May	1919	Deactivated
August	1942	Activated Camp White, OR
September	1943	To Bend, OR Manuever Area
July	1943	Gen Livesay assumes command
November	1943	To Camp Adair, OR
March	1944	To Virginia
April	1944	To French Morocco, North Africa for training
June	1944	To Italy
July	1944	Crossed Arno River to Pisa
September	1944	Attacked German Gothic Line
April	1945	Crossed Po River
August	1945	Left Italy
December	1945	Deactivated Camp Rucker, AL
December	1946	Reactivated in California, Reserves

In August 1986, the Benton County Historical Museum installed an exhibit about the history of Camp Adair. As more information and memorabilia becomes available, the exhibit is up-dated. Meanwhile, the museum staff and volunteers continue to gather documentary materials and objects about the cantonment and its impact on the surrounding communities.

If you or someone you know has recollections about Camp Adair, you can help the museum add to the historic record. They are seeking information from former military and civilian camp personnel and their spouses (if they were also in the area) from townspeople who lived nearby during World War II, and from landowners who were displaced by the camp. We ask that they write or record their memories, and give the museum a copy for the Camp Adair History Project. Questionnaires are also available.

If you would like to help, or have papers, photographs, or other objects that you would be willing to donate to the museum's Camp Adair collections, please contact the Benton County Historical Society & Museum.

Benton County Historical Society & Museum
PO Box 351101 Main Street
Philomath, OR 97370-0035
Phone (541)929-6230
email: www.bentoncountymuseum.org
website: http://www.bentoncountymuseum.org/exhibitions/Camp_Adair/

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