Sentry News Blog
The title ALH Sentry News is taken from the Camp Adair Sentry newsletter, which ran from 1942-1944. ALH Sentry News is meant to be a “blog” in which information and content about the history of Adair is to be shared.
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Image versus Reality: Women in the Camp Adair Sentry
Authors: Anish Alam, Annabel McMillan, Gwin Scalet Original Post from OSU can be found at this link: blogs.oregonstate.edu/scarc/2024/02/02/image-versus-reality-women-in-the-camp-adair-sentry/Students in Dr. Marisa Chappell’s fall 2023 History 363 “Women in U.S....
Finding Women at Camp Adair: HST 363 student research projects
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The Need for Preservation – Camp Adair
Figure 2: Bomarc missle pad control Courtesy: Matt Helget
History of Adair Air Force Station, 1960-1966
Aerial view of Adair AFS, 1960By 1959, the SAGE Computer (AN-FSQ 7) installation and operation at the Direction Center 13 “blockhouse” was complete, with full integration and administrative control of subordinate stations occurring in 1960. The purpose of the...
My Journey to Adair Living History – Linda Marie Richards, ALH Board of Directors.
I wanted to use my first blog post to introduce myself. Most of my life as a teacher and researcher at Oregon State University in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion (SHPR) requires brainwork. Most of every day is spent either grading, writing, researching,...
The Blessings of Camp Adair
By Gary Richards, Board Member, Adair Living History, December 2023 Having lived next to Camp Adair for a huge share of my life, I have become fairly involved with the history of the area. One Christmas, my wife gave me a GPS for our car. Researching information on...
My Participation in World War II (part 1) – by Fred Dunham.
Although most of our WWII veterans who were stationed and trained at Camp Adair are no longer with us, there are many personal accounts of the soldiers about the time they spent at Camp Adair available in the various histories and publications of the divisions that...
Origins of The Trailblazers Nickname and Shoulder Patch
Camp Adair was the training facility for four United States Army infantry divisions during World War II. Every Army division has a number, a nickname (sometimes more than one), and a shoulder patch to designate that specific division. These nicknames are based on a...
Veterans Day 2023 – Medal of Honor Recipients who trained at Camp Adair during WWII
Veteran’s Day 2023 By Matt Helget As this week is Veterans Day, we pause to honor, thank, and remember our loved ones who have served. This post reflects on the individuals who went beyond the call of duty and were recognized by their NCOs (Non-Commissioned Officers)...
The Establishment of Adair Air Force Station, 1957 – 1960
It’s November 1955, the former Camp Adair Cantonment is mostly gone, the former Camp Adair Hospital and former married student housing for Oregon State College, is also mostly gone, a few buildings remained. However, a new purpose for the site was to be...
Maridee Nye – An Oral History. The Consequences for Local Land Owners with the Building of Camp Adair
MARIDEE NYE—March 18, 1918 ~ April 14, 2015 One of my fondest memories of working with Adair Living History (ALH) was when I had the privilege of speaking with Maridee Nye, a wonderful woman in her 90s who lived in Albany, Oregon. We had heard about Maridee...
My Father and the 104th Infantry Division, 415th Infantry Regiment.
My father, William Jamieson was a farm boy from Beaverton, Oregon. His mother was widowed and consequently, he was not drafted until later in the war. He started his training at Camp Adair in December of 1942, shortly after the Camp was activated. He was 25 years...
The 96th Infantry Division – The First Division Activated at Camp Adair
MY CONNECTION WITH CAMP ADAIR—AND WHAT I LEARNED LATER
I heard about Camp Adair from the time I was very small. Living in Dallas, Oregon in the 1950s and 1960s, my family would often go on the dreaded Sunday afternoon drives in the countryside. I always brought along a book, but my head came up every time I’d hear,...
Sgt Oscar Godfrey Johnson, Jr.
Born 25 March 1921, Ishpeming, MI (raised in Foster City, MI). Died 13 May 1998, Kingsford, MI. Buried at Dewitt City Cemetery, Dewitt, MI 1942 – Drafted into the U.S. Army at Marquette, MI. 1942 – 1943 - Trained at Camp White, OR, and Camp Adair, OR. Assigned to B...
Mary Nesbit Hearn, WASP, Awardee of the Congressional Gold Medal
Introduction: Mary Nesbit Hearn, wife of Major Lura E. Hearn, lived, along with her husband, at 3133 Willamette, Adair AFS. During WWII, when she met her husband, she was a member of the Women's Air Service Pilot (WASP) Program. She tested and ferried many types of...
The History of the Adair Area
The history of the Adair area, from very early times to today, is made up of and by people. There have been extraordinary people who have lived in the north Benton and south Polk County areas. We at Adair Living History, Inc want to bring to light those people who...
ADAIR HISTORY DAY
Adair History Day, join us on May 6th, 2023 Time: 10 AM—2 PM Location: Camp Adair Memorial Park, E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area 29555 Camp Adair Road Monmouth, OR 97361 Free and Open to the Public with Free Parking
First Blog Entry – Welcome to Adair Living History’s (ALH) NEW Website
Welcome to Adair Living History’s (ALH) beautiful, new website! We’d like to introduce or re-introduce ourselves. We are a 501 c3, charitable organization, working closely with the city of Adair Village to discover, preserve, and share the rich history of the Adair...
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