Portland in WW2 History | World War II Database

27 May 1885

United States

Richmond Turner was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Richmond Turner | Portland, Oregon | CPC]

23 Oct 1913

United States

Arthur Chin was born in Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Arthur Chin | Portland, Oregon | CPC]

2 Aug 1934

Photo(s) dated 2 Aug 1934

20 Apr 1941

Photo(s) dated 20 Apr 1941

19 May 1941

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

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

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

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

Karl Bendetsen toured the Portland Assembly Center in Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Portland Assembly Center | Karl Bendetsen | Portland, Oregon | CPC]

1 Jul 1942

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

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 [Henry Kaiser | Franklin Roosevelt | Kaiser Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation | Portland, Oregon | DS]

Photo(s) dated 23 Sep 1942