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G.I. Joe's began in 1952 when Edward Orkney purchased army surplus sleeping bags and then set up a tent in Portland, Oregon, to sell them to the public. [3] Orkney sold out of the sleeping bags and then started selling other army surplus merchandise in a store that then doubled in size by 1956, [3] making it Portland's largest retailer of sporting goods and outdoor gear.
Aloha (/ ə ˈ l oʊ. ə /, not / ə ˈ l oʊ h ɑː /) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. By road it is 10.9 miles (17.5 km) west of downtown Portland. [5] As of the 2020 Census, the population was 53,828. [6]
The 218th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Regiment of the United States Army, Oregon Army National Guard.With lineage tracing back to 1866, it is the oldest National Guard artillery unit west of the Mississippi River continually serving.
The Oregon Military Department is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, which oversees the armed forces of the state of Oregon.
Some military surplus dealers also sell military surplus firearms, [2] spare parts, and ammunition alongside surplus uniforms and equipment. Demand for such items comes from various collectors, outdoorsmen, adventurers, hunters, survivalists, and players of airsoft and paintball, as well as others seeking high quality, sturdy, military issue garb.
Camp Adair was a United States Army division training facility established north of Corvallis, Oregon, operating from 1942 to 1946.During its peak period of use, the camp was home to approximately 40,000 persons — enough to have constituted the second largest city in the state of Oregon.