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OREGON

Oregon is under MilGov control and, unlike most of Washington and Idaho, is actually getting a little too much rain. This is causing poor quality crops, but not nearly as desperate a situation as elsewhere. Combined with a terrain that discourages outside invasion, and a fairly well-armed populace, people out here should make it. The MilGov 5th Army (headquartered in San Jose, California) has garrisons scattered about the state at strategic places.

1) NUCLEAR TARGETS
None.

2) ORGANIZED MILITARY FORCES
Most of the state's 41st Infantry Division was shipped to Europe to be mauled in 1963, leaving a void in the state's defenses. The 104th ID has since taken over the majority of protection and security duties in the Portland area, buttressed with some manpower returned from Korea.
104th Infantry Division--Portland (4000 men, 23 AFVs)
41st Infantry Division (units left behind when parent division shipped out)
------Baker Company, 1st Battalion/186th Infantry Regiment--Klamath Falls (130 men)
------201st Military Intelligence Company--Umatilla (75 men)
------141st Support Battalion--Astoria (490 men, 4 AFVs)
45th Infantry Division--Hood River (750 men, 2 AFVs)
------1st Battalion/179th Infantry Regiment--Burns (100 men)
Able Company, 1249th Engineer Battalion--Bend (60 men)

3) WESTERN OREGON
More fertile than before, thanks to the changed climate, the area is teaming with life and the problems that come with it. At the north end is the US Army and peaceful enclaves around Portland, Salem and Corvallis, while at the southern end are the marauders and survivalists who have their own claim to "civilization". Linking them both is I-5, in places a major trade route thick with caravans and vehicles, and for other long stretches a hobo's highway, a migration route for the homeless and hopeless and the road bandits who prey on them.
Portland: Portland is one of the largest west coast cities still functioning near pre-war levels, a healthy companion to Seattle and San Jose. The current population of the Portland area is around 208,000. The US military is strong in this area, comprising units of the reconstituted 5th Army. Despite it's relative prosperity today, Portland has suffered much in the last two years from massive riots and the near collapse of city infrastructure following the nuclear strikes. Open street fighting took place between the police and units of the National Guard in those first terrible winter months. A quarter of the city was burned and significant marauders, looters, rioters and refugees have caused additional damages since. Today, most of the population of the city lives in the Old Town region, the original center of the city on the west side of the Willamette River, and in a wide band along the east bank. The main US Army unit in the city is the 4,000-man 104th Infantry Division. In early 1963, to fill in the gap caused by the departure of the 41st ID, the 104th Infantry Division was formed by redesignating the 104th Division (Training) which was barracked in Vancouver, Washington, across the river from Portland. The new division was originally tasked to support 8th Army in Korea following its conversing from a training unit, but a shortage of transportation fortunately delayed and eventually cancelled deployment. The division was then made responsible for a variety of internal security and civic action roles in the Oregon area. Currently the unit has five companies of M57 APCs, three M60 tanks, twelve M48A2 Patton tanks, six old Sherman tanks, nine M-8 armored cars, three rocket-launcher trucks, two M-42 Duster AA tanks, and numerous transports. They run frequent convoys north to the Seattle enclave and provide security on the roads between the two, as well as supply and humanitarian convoys south to the Salem and Corvallis areas. They also keep in relatively close contact with the Hood River garrison via a train system, but less so with the other enclaves in the state due to the distances. Recently two big freighters from Japan have been making fairly regular runs from Asia to Portland delivering manufactured articles from factories in Japan and China. The main opposition to the military's rule in the city is "The Green People", a criminal gang mostly consisting of the poorer class of Portland, radical environmentalist types, and socialist scum. China Town on the water front is a major provider of weapons and heroin to the group and a constant source of trouble for the military.
Astoria: Near Astoria is "Fort Stevens", an Army base recently built to help control traffic at the mouth of the Columbia River and regulate trade and travel into Portland. The garrison includes the 141st Support Battalion, a unit of the 41st Infantry Division that remained behind when the unit was shipped overseas in 1963, detailed with salvaging machinery and vehicles from around the Portland area. The 141st nominally takes orders from the 104th ID staff, but considers itself still loyal to the 41st ID. A large repair yard has been built east of Astoria, defended by a 40mm AA gun and a quad .50 cal AA gun and ringed by a minefield to keep the scavenging refugees out more than the enemy. The unit currently has 490 men and a wide variety of repair equipment including 24 six-wheel trucks, twelve trailers fitted out as mobile workshops, two eight-wheel trucks fitted out as mobile radar/radio repair shops, two more eight-wheel trucks fitted out as mobile 20-ton cranes, six six-wheel trucks fitted with comprehensive gas and arc welding kits, three M59 APC conversions for medium recovery work, two Sherman ARVs for larger wrecks, and two old surplus M3 Lees fitted with heavy mortars and bulldozer blades for demolition work. They are currently on a program of refurbishing as many semi trucks and commercial construction equipment as possible for anticipated trade and reconstruction plans.
Salem: Though Portland is the economic hub of the state, the state government and the Oregon National Guard's headquarters is still in Salem. The city and its defenses are now under the control of Colonel Weintritt, who was the organization's SACO and safety officer. Only through attrition was he able to rise to the rank of Colonel and eventual command of the ONG. He has great experience in organization, but he is not overly bright nor imaginative and often looks to the staff of the 104th ID for advice. In Salem he has some 670 assorted troops gathered from all over the state. As well, personnel from the Oregon Justice Academy and the Oregon Military Institute in nearby Monmouth have been integrated into the city defenses.
Corvallis: Due to the wonderful climate and relative peace, there are numerous prosperous trading towns along the I-5 corridor. At the southern end, Corvallis is a relative well-off city that is the center of learning and trade for the northern Willamette Valley. Like many other areas, the strength of the city is the university (OSU), and their smarts to go along with the brawn of the people. Corvallis and environs are divided into independent boroughs, each supporting about four or five hundred people. All the land around here is cultivated or ranched and they have electricity in most public areas. Frequent supply convoys arrive and leave for Portland and the city's security forces are supported by 5th Army advisors.
Eugene: While Corvallis is prospering, however, her sister city of Eugene is a charred and rat-infested ruin. Throughout the winter of 1962, led by an unlikely alliance of college students and country rednecks, Eugene held out against the wave of looters from Portland much better than anyone expected. Then the refugees got organized (helped by US Army deserters with knowledge of explosives) and blew the Fall Creek and Lookout Point dams, draining those reservoirs and cutting off power and potable water as well as sending a torrential flood sweeping through the city. Fires then took care of what the flood missed. Eugene is now largely deserted except for salvage parties from Corvallis and bandits. The rains have long since washed away the fire stains and the streets are still covered with flood-born mud now being overgrown with trees and vines.

4) EASTERN OREGON
The relative security of provided by scattered military enclaves and the wide open spaces have helped numerous survivor enclaves in the eastern part of the state survive.
Enterprise: Home to a burgeoning White Supremacy enclave under control of, or at least sympathetic to the New American Movement.
Hood River: Along the Columbia River, the town of Hood River is now home of "Camp Clark", a US Army fort constructed last year to help watch traffic on the river into Portland. The main garrison here is the shattered remains of the 45th Infantry Division (750 men). This division was called up and sent to Korea when the war started and was heavily engaged in the Second Korean War. Once that war ground to a stop in late 1963, the unit was evacuated from Korea when it was deemed pointless to defend it any more. The 45th was mangled in Korea and the survivors of the component battalions were consolidated and shipped to Portland in January of 1964 to join the new 5th Army. They were assigned duties in the state, despite the division commander's desire to let his men go back home to Oklahoma. There were many desertions in Portland, but the rest of the division was trucked west to Hood River to garrison that town. The men are mostly National Guardsmen from Oklahoma and war-weary veterans, some of the most seasoned soldiers on the west coast. As with most units in these times, the manpower mix includes a few Marines, sailors and even civilians, and even the divisional second-in-command is a US Navy Commander. In Hood River they have set up several fuel dumps, dug mortar pits, and gathered some M101 105mm and 155mm howitzers and .50 caliber machine guns to provide a potent deterrence for marauder bands. They also have two M-8 armored cars and some truck transport. The town has a dawn-to-dusk curfew imposed on it, but it is still a miserable place. Gangs rove the streets at night and the military has to sometimes go in and clean the streets up. Because of the isolated nature of the town, morale in the 45th ID is currently at an all-time low, and the few overworked MP's are caching more and more deserters. There is a railhead west of Hood River and several old steam locomotives are being used to move troops and supplies between here and Portland.
The Dalles: Held by a group of survivalists and granola-crunchers called the "Columbia Coalition", led by an ex-con named an Greely. The Warm Springs Indian band is also active in The Dalles area, raiding on horseback as far as Hood River.
Bend: In the center of the state, Bend is a refugee relocation center with severe shortages of just about everything. They are especially in dire need of medicines and food and think that the local Army garrison is hoarding it all. Home of "Camp Grey", stockade built to house the garrison. The garrison troops are all Oregon National Guardsmen of Able Company of the 1249th Engineer Battalion (60 men), led by Major J.E.B. Collingwood. They are understaffed, under-equipped, trained for something completely different, and have no clear idea what they are supposed to do here. They have half-a-dozen halftracks, some armored jeeps, .50 cal HMGs, and flame throwers, but the tracked vehicles are useless in the thick forests.
Umatilla Army Depot: Current home of the 201st Military Intelligence Company (75 men), a unit of the 41st Infantry Division that was never shipped overseas. The 201st has several M59s APCs and some truck transport, but most of it is kept parked at the depot. All the chemical weapons were moved out of the depot to Portland in 1963. An interesting note is that just last month, the 201st guys went in force to the nearby town of Pendleton and brought something back to the depot on an old railway maintenance car. Nobody knows what it was, but rumors are that it was either full of nukes or dead alien bodies. There is also some suspicion that the 201st is planning on going marauder soon as several of its NCOs are avowed neo-Nazis with ties to the Aryan enclaves in Idaho.
Burns: In the extreme eastern part of the state, Burns has prospered somewhat since the war, when survivors from the areas towns and farms came together under the leadership of Father Joseph Bozeinski to preserve their town. Some 5,400 residents live here now and more are moving into the area each month. Burns is also home of "Camp Lewis", a US Army base just built this summer to monitor travel along Highways 20 and 395. The garrison is a detachment of the 45 ID at Hood River, the 1st Battalion of the 179th Infantry Regiment (100 men), led by Lt. Colonel Unger. Much like their mates at Hood River, these Oklahomans are not happy with being out in the middle of nowhere so far from home, and desertions are increasing as the men seek to make their way east back home. They are largely on their own these days, with the long distances almost precluding any close contact with other units in the state.
East of the Cascade Mountain range: The "John Day Indians" are the most notorious group of people living along the Cascade frontier. Named after a river in the area, their stomping grounds stretch throughout central and eastern Oregon, where they make their living by small-scale farming and nomadic herding, heavily supplemented by pillaging frontier settlements and striking convoys. They have also been known to sell female captives to the biker gangs across the Rockies to the east. They live in small bands, traveling constantly to avoid attacks by the military troops and at most are several hundred strong in well-organized companies. Interestingly, the John Days are not properly an Indian tribe at all. Instead, they are a mixture of outlaw biker and bandit gangs that coalesced around a charismatic survivalist leader known to his followers as "Old Buffalo Breath" sometime in early 1963. Buffalo claimed that the only way to survive in the post-apocalyptic world was to follow the ways used by earlier men, in his case what he felt the pre-Columbian Indian ways. To this basic concept, he added Social Darwinian ideas that helped reinforce the ruthless patriarchy of his rule.

5) SOUTHERN OREGON
Grants Pass: The scenically beautiful Rogue River valley has always been a wild and wooly place known for independent people and well-armed survivalist groups. Beginning last spring, many of the smaller groups have banded together to form one large survivalist enclave, about 1,500 to 2,000 strong, centered around Grants Pass. Once they chose Grants Pass, they disarmed the remaining populace and set up a little kingdom of their own, renaming the city "The Province" and their organization the "New American People's Alliance". There are about 4,000 civilians still here and they are seething with resentment. They have pillaged a National Guard armory somewhere down the line and have amassed supplies in the town, including thousands of MREs, clothing, weapons and ammo and have done a good job of fortifying the town.
Medford: The Grants Pass enclave is only loosely associated with another group of survivalists holed up further east in Medford. These burgeoning patriots have proclaimed the city the new capital of a Northern California/Oregon separatist movement calling itself "Jefferson". The Jefferson State movement started in the 1910s and was an effort by southern Oregonians and northern Californians--both disgruntled with the way the more populous other ends of their states dominated politics--to separate and form a new one. The security and relative peace the Jeffersonians have brought has swelled the population of Medford to around 43,000. Competing for power in this town is a neo-Nazi fascist group called the "American Knight Movement", but they fall into the thug category rather than the survivalist.
Wiccans: The forests of extreme southern Oregon are home to the "Realm of Wicca", an organization of neo-pagans and riffraff with roots that go back into the nineteenth century. Recently, their chief priestess declared that they need to pilgrimage south en masse to build a Stonehenge in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Plans are currently being laid to do so with the spring thaws.
Klamath Falls: At Kingsley Field Airport near Klamath Falls, a US Army base has been built to watch the southern approaches to the state. The current garrison is the 130 men of Baker Company of the 1st Battalion/186th Infantry Regiment (OR NG), another component unit of the 41st Infantry Division. The company is led by Colonel Brandon, a Reservist called up into the Oregon National Guard in 1962 and given command of the garrison this summer. The compound is ringed by barbed wire barriers and patrol regularly to keep the bandits at bay. Air assets at the airport consist of a scrubby collection of Oregon Air National Guard trainers and two Cessna crop dusters. Up until a few months ago, the garrison was in contact with the Northern California MilGov garrisons strung along the Sacramento Valley, but marauder attacks along the roads have stopped this. Klamath Falls itself is the stopping point for trade caravans on their way to the villages out in the hinterlands, and serves as a place where members of those towns can come and exchange information, goods, and news about the larger world. Around 2,000 civilians still live in Klamath Falls, making a good living through trade and lodging. Recently, a few cases of anthrax have cropped up and there is some worry as there is little serum available.
Diamond Lake: The summer retirement home of former General Robinson and his wife. The general's wife was here when the war started and the General was in Washington on business. He returned with some of his staff and has been building up a little empire here on the slopes of the Cascades north of Crater Lake. He has a local oil well operating and has carved out a rough airfield. His plans for the future of the nation are grand but so far he only has a few men and limited power beyond his own front porch.
Southwestern coast: This area is know home to a growing trading network. As the chaos reigned in 1962, three small port towns (New Gale Port, Gold Beach and Cape Blanco) banded together for mutual survival in a stockade policy of keeping everyone out who didn't originally live there. Today, they have an international trade business going with ships from as far away as Japan frequenting the ports to trade for salmon and timber. Currently a Japanese Provisional Government trade office is set up in a warehouse in Gold Beach. The Japanese have rented a dock and have a torpedo boat and three armed merchantmen (the Kukuahima Maru, the Suttsu Maru, and the Matsue Maru) based here, running the Japan-to-Oregon route. There are survivalists in the woods who have raided the towns for food, but they have never been a major problem, and the presence of the armed Japanese have kept them honest.