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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ9_training-to-defend-america_Chambers-CA.html
From World War II until Fort Ord's closure in 1994, there dunes echoed with the sound of small arms fire. Rifle and machine gun ranges here gave thousands of U.S. Army Infantrymen the marksmanship skills needed to serve their nation in times of bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ8_former-firing-range-becomes-a-state-park_Chambers-CA.html
Four miles of beaches and nearly 1000 acres of coastal dunes became part of the California State Parks system in 2007, after superfund cleanup activities were completed on this section of the former Fort Ord Military Reservation. Army use preserve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ7_a-coastal-attack-the-army-couldn-t-stop_Chambers-CA.html
Soldiers once guarded this shoreline against sea-borne attack, but one force proved too powerful to stop. Coastal erosion, the wearing away of these bluffs and beaches by ocean waves, has been steadily moving the coastline inland here since sea le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AZ6_stilwell-hall-a-fond-memory_Chambers-CA.html
For the two million servicemen and women who passed through Fort Ord, the entertainment center that once occupied this site provided welcome relief from rigorous military training. The Soldier's Club, later renamed Stilwell Hall, featured a huge b…