Camp Clipper (site)
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California /
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World / United States / California
Second World War 1939-1945, military, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, interesting place
In 1942, the success of the German Army in North Africa led the US War Department to focus Army training efforts in areas with a desert terrain & environment. The Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, approved of a Desert Training Center and designated General George S. Patton as the Center's Commanding General.
The total maneuver area encompassed 12 million acres in Southern California & Western Arizona, making it the largest training area in the U.S. Close to one million troops trained in this area between 1942-1944. Within the organization of the Desert Training Center, the Camp Essex site was established as one of the several divisional camps. In 1943, the Department of the Interior transferred 21,537 acres. An additional 8,998 acres was granted by permit.
The camp was established during 1942 & subsequently occupied by the 93rd Infantry Division among others. The only permanent structure constructed on the site was a 500,000 gallon concrete reservoir.
Camp Clipper was apparently a temporary camp, occupied by infantry divisions only. The 33rd infantry Division occupied it after its construction in 1942, followed by the 93rd Infantry Division. The temporary facility was used as a transition camp for the more permanent Camp Essex to the west. When Camp Essex was completed, Camp Clipper was closed. Camp Clipper was used when one division was moving out and another was moving in, so that both units could be accommodated (as was the case with the 33rd and 93rd Divisions).
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanBernardino...
The total maneuver area encompassed 12 million acres in Southern California & Western Arizona, making it the largest training area in the U.S. Close to one million troops trained in this area between 1942-1944. Within the organization of the Desert Training Center, the Camp Essex site was established as one of the several divisional camps. In 1943, the Department of the Interior transferred 21,537 acres. An additional 8,998 acres was granted by permit.
The camp was established during 1942 & subsequently occupied by the 93rd Infantry Division among others. The only permanent structure constructed on the site was a 500,000 gallon concrete reservoir.
Camp Clipper was apparently a temporary camp, occupied by infantry divisions only. The 33rd infantry Division occupied it after its construction in 1942, followed by the 93rd Infantry Division. The temporary facility was used as a transition camp for the more permanent Camp Essex to the west. When Camp Essex was completed, Camp Clipper was closed. Camp Clipper was used when one division was moving out and another was moving in, so that both units could be accommodated (as was the case with the 33rd and 93rd Divisions).
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_SanBernardino...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Training_Center
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Coordinates: 34°47'49"N 115°13'19"W
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