Camp Rice (site)

USA / Arizona / Poston /
 Second World War 1939-1945, military
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Also known as Rice Divisional Camp. The 5th Armored Division was housed here while training at CAMA and there was a large quartermaster depot there. In 1944 Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, Director of the "Manhattan (Atomic Bomb) Project" visited the town Rice and examined the nearby Tularosa Basin as a possible site for the testing of the first atomic devices. Oppenheimer subsequently chose the White Sands area of New Mexico.

www.militarymuseum.org/CpRice.html
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Coordinates:   34°4'41"N   114°45'47"W

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  • You'll find additional historical information and photographs of Camp Rice here: <http://skytrail.info/new/camp_rice.htm>.
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