Camp Abbot - Paperback
by Tor Hanson
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9781467128612ISBN-10:1467128619UPC:9781467128612Book Category:History, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, Pictorial, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC6V5A50KV
Camp Abbot
Today, Sunriver is an idyllic community in Central Oregon, but during World War II, it was the site of Camp Abbot, the westernmost engineer replacement training center of the US Army Corps of Engineers. Under the leadership of Col. Frank Besson, the US Army trained 90,000 men at the camp from 1943 through 1944. Mimicking the European landscape, the surrounding terrain and the swift-flowing...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)ISBN-13:9781467128612ISBN-10:1467128619UPC:9781467128612Book Category:History, PhotographyBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:State & Local, Pictorial, HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.50 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC6V5A50KV
Hanson, Tor: - Local historian Tor Hanson has lived in Bend, Oregon, for more than 25 years. He is a board member of the Deschutes County Historical Society and editor of its monthly newsletter, the Homesteader. Hanson holds an information and public relations degree from Skurup Folkhögskola in Sweden and is a freelance writer for American and Swedish magazines and newspapers. The photographs are...
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