“US corporations were conducting covert business operations with the Nazis: such as Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, Mack Trucks and Firestone Tires, which had subsidiaries in neutral nations like Sweden and Switzerland…”

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      What is the Oregon tie-in to war profiteering/Hitler? I’m aware of some of the businesses still selling in Nazi Germany like Coke(origins of Fanta), but I’ve never heard of Oregon called out specifically/notably during WWII out of all the US states?