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combat exercise in the fall of 1943. At its peak, the camp occupied nearly 50,000 acres and contained nearly 40,000 people, making it the second-largest city in Oregon at the time. The camp was deactivated in April 1946. There was a Camp White post office from 1942–60, when the name was changed to
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during World War II and focusing on the Camp White military facility. It is one of several programs produced by SOPTV documenting the history of Southern Oregon. The documentary chronicles the stories of the troops that were trained in this
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was also used for training. The camp was dedicated September 15, 1942. Many of the troops trained at Camp White participated in the
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on Upper Table Rock designed to simulate Nazi fortified coastal regions of Europe
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Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center & Clinics (SORCC) in White City
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World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States
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Former military installation in Oregon, United States
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Camp White, Oregon

pillboxes
Army
Jackson County
Oregon
United States
World War II
prisoner-of-war (POW) camp
George A. White
adjutant general
attack on Pearl Harbor
Congress
Agate Desert
Upper Table Rock
Oregon Maneuver
White City
documentary
Southern Oregon Public Television
Southern Oregon
Alcatraz
Boot Camps
Denman Wildlife Area
Charles H. Gerhardt
List of POW camps in the United States
List of United States Army installations



McArthur, Lewis A.

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