These items chronicle the work of a young man from Lyle, Washington who worked on the construction of the Corvallis Cantonment which later became Camp Adair. The Cantonment made Corvallis the 4th largest city in Oregon as it housed as many as 35-40,000 US troops (the 96th and 104th Infantry Divisions trained there). It later became a POW facility housing as many as 2,000 German Prisoners.
The "Corvallis Cantonment" buttons are very rare - the name of the facility was changed to Camp Adair to honor Henry Mason Mathews Adair, an Oregon Military figure in mid 1942.
All in all a great collection of WWII Homefront History from the Pacific Northwest about a facility that almost no one knows ever existed. The handwritten journal also shows employment with other contractors suggesting that this young man was also involved in the construction of the Army base which still exists in Umatilla, Oregon.
The lot consists of 2 Corvallis Cantonment Camp / Adair Employee ID Badges - (same employee with 2 different contractors), 17 weekly pay stubs from April through August 1942 from the 2 contractors and his personal notes kept in a 1942 John Deere Farmer's Pocket Ledger. All the items are in VERY GOOD or BETTER CONDITION.
PLEASE NOTE - the selective service card is pictured to help complete the picture of this man's background. IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS LOT - It is not for sale.
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