Desert Training Center
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The U. S. Army maintained a camp at Goffs 1942-1944. Goffs was an important railhead, supply point, hospital, and for three months in 1942 Headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division. That unit went on to distinguish itself in combat in the Aleutians and at K…
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[This is a four sided monument displaying three different markers:]
Front - Facing West:Desert Training Center* Camp Young *Maj. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., U.S. Army, selected Camp Young as headquarters site for the Desert Training Center in March 1942. …
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Originally known as Stage Field, this was an outlying airfield of Camp Ibis, one of the eleven camps established within the Desert Training Center, California-Arizonan Maneuver Area during World War II. Developed by General George S. Patton, Jr., the vast a…
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He was our drinking buddyWhile on dutyHe drank our beerHe wasFull of good cheerAnd went to the nurses' quarters around the bendAnd came to an untimely end,Of the Colonel, he was unawareThat it would be the crime of all timeIf he ate the nurses' underwearAnd…
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Camp Pilot Knob was a unit of the Desert Training Center, established by General George S. Patton Jr., to prepare American troops for battle during World War II. It was the largest military training ground ever to exist. At the peak of activity here at Pilo…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMY7E_ibis-divisional-camp-desert-training-center_Shawnee-CA.html
Camp Ibis was established at this site in the spring of 1942 - one of eleven such camps built in the California - Arizona Desert to harden and train United States Troops for service on the battlefields of World War II.
The 440th AAA AW Battalion was acti…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMY7N_young-divisional-camp_Charleston-CA.html
Camp Young, named after Lt. Gen. S.B.M. Young, the 1st Army Chief of Staff, was established at this site in the Spring of 1942. It was one of twelve such camps built in the southwestern deserts to harden and train United States Troops for service to the bat…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMY7V_desert-training-center_Indio-CA.html
The D.T.C was established by Major General George S. Patton Jr. in response to a need to train American combat troops for battle in North Africa during World War II. The camp, which began operation in 1942 covered 18,000 square miles. It was the largest mil…
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The Camp Young Airstrip was established at this site in March 1942 by order of General George S. Patton. It was used to provide Camp Young with supplies and other essential material. It supported air transportation for the command staff of the Desert Traini…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMY9E_the-chiriaco-family_Indio-CA.html
Joseph L. Chiriaco came to California from Alabama in 1925. His work as a surveyor for the Los Angeles Bureau of Water and Power and later for the Metropolitan Water District on the Colorado River aqueduct, begun in 1931, brought him to the desert area know…