See the Oregon Military Department Records Guide, 1847-1986 for an agency history, images, web links and detailed descriptions of Oregon Military Department records held by the Oregon State Archives. Also see the Life on the Home Front and Oregon at War exhibits.
The largest giant squid recorded by scientists measured 43 feet (12 meters) long, according to Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Faked photo of a giant squid supposedly found In California.
The eye of the beast was measured at about 11 in (28 cm), larger than a dinner plate and by far the largest animal eye on Earth. Blue whales, the largest living animals (up to 33 m (110 ft) long and 180 tonnes heavy), have eyes the size of those of a cow. The eye lens of the colossal squid is as big as an orange and it was found intact in one of the eyes. This is the only intact eye [of a colossal squid] that's ever been found. It's spectacular. It's the largest known eye in the animal kingdom, co-researcher Kat Bolstad, a squid specialist at the Auckland University of Technology told the Associated Press. This is the largest eye ever recorded in history and studied.