Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward Dickinson Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was
Main Street
Aerial view c. 1929
Baker City Hall
Baker City is home to the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Charles Benjamin Mawhinney was a United States Marine Corps sniper who holds the Corps' record for the most confirmed kills with 103, and 216 probable kills in 16 months during the Vietnam War.
Baker City, Oregon
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Mawhinney in 2013 with a replica of the M40 sniper rifle he used during the Vietnam War
Mawhinney's M40 rifle is on display in the National Museum of the Marine Corps