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"Wounded includes 17 Oregon men." Bert Bartow served in the U.S. Army during WWII and was wounded in action in Pisa, Italy.

The small town of Booth, now gone, was located on the east side of Siltcoos Lake north of Reedsport from 1933 to 1945. A general store and several houses grew up around a mill. Jean Harris's description reads, "Little mill town on Siltcoos Lake. …

Picture of downtown Reedsport looking southwest. Edwards Theatre, Bernhardt's, Stevens Grocery, Umpqua Drug Co., Thriftway Independent, Star Clothing, Welcome Hotel.

Bert Bartow joined the US Army in 1942.

Early Scottsburg store. Confectionery, Cigars, Tobacco, and Lunch Room.

The first store in Reedsport, located on the banks of Scholfield (Schofield) Creek.

A large group of well-dressed men, women, and children posing on the porch of the Scottsburg Hotel.

Aerial view of Gardiner looking west. Jewett School, mill, wigwam burner, log rafts, farmland. Photographer name in corner.

Aerial view of Gardiner looking east. Jewett School, mill, wigwam burner, log rafts, paper mill, clear cut in background. Photographer name in corner.

Interior view of vacant cafeteria. Back of photograph reads, "Pioneer School cafeteria, 1940s." Reedsport.

Aerial view of Reedsport above 4th Street looking north towards the Burdick Building, Rainbow Tavern, Umpqua River Bridge, mill with wigwam burner, and Bolon Island.

Union Grade School, Reedsport. Probably 4th grade. Back of photograph reads:

Bert
Row 1
Norman Halliday, Andrew Cardwell, Norma Haggith, Sally Chapen, Nana Smiley, Dorothy Schram, Joan, Nancy, Louis Waggoner, Dennis Pitman

Row 2
Walter…