27 May 1885
United States
United States
- Richmond Turner was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Richmond Turner | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
23 Oct 1913
United States
United States
- Arthur Chin was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Arthur Chin | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
19 May 1941
United States
United States
- Henry Kaiser’s Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard laid down its first keel in Way #8. The ship would go on to become Liberty-ship Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark fame). ww2dbase [Henry Kaiser | Liberty-class | Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | DS]
12 Mar 1942
United States
United States
- In the United States, The Portland Branch of the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Evacuee Property Department was established in response to President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066. The branch was to assist Japanese-Americans in disposing property holdings and to protect against fraud, forced sales, and unscrupulous creditors. ww2dbase [Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
28 Mar 1942
United States
United States
- Minoru Yasui deliberately broke the curfew in Portland, Oregon, United States by walking around the downtown area after 2000 hours. When a policean on the street refused to arrest him, he presented himself at a police station at 2300 hours, and was prompted charged with violating the curfew. ww2dbase [Minoru Yasui | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
1 Apr 1942
United States
United States
- Emil Sandquist established a headquarters at the future site of the Portland Assembly Center in Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Portland Assembly Center | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
21 Jun 1942
United States
United States
- Karl Bendetsen toured the Portland Assembly Center in Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Karl Bendetsen | Portland Assembly Center | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
1 Jul 1942
United States
United States
- Henry Kaiser’s Swan Island Shipyard laid down its first keel. The ship would go on to become the Type T2 tanker Schenectady. ww2dbase [Kaiser Swan Island Shipyard | Henry Kaiser | Portland, Oregon | DS]
23 Sep 1942
United States
United States
- President Franklin Roosevelt toured the Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland, Oregon, United States. He was accompanied by Henry Kaiser, Oregon governor Charles Sprague, and Kaiser’s son, Edgar F. Kaiser, who was Vice-President & General Manager of Oregon Shipbuilding. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Henry Kaiser | Portland, Oregon | DS]
3 Sep 1997
United States
United States
- Arthur Chin passed away in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Arthur Chin | Portland, Oregon | CPC]
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