Gordon Oliver
Gordon Oliver is a Portland native and Portland State University graduate. He has worked as a staff reporter and editor for The Oregonian in Portland and The Columbian in Vancouver, Washington.
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Kaiser Shipyards
During World War II, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser established three shipyards in the Pacific Northwest, two in Portland and one in Vancouver, Washington. Kaiser’s Northwest shipyards produced 752 ships during the war years. At their peak at the end of 1942, the shipyards in the Northwest employed 97,000 workers, including …
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