Camp Pinedale/Pinedale Assembly Center (site) (Fresno, California)

USA / California / Fresno / Fresno, California
 Second World War 1939-1945, relocation service, historical layer / disappeared object
"This assembly center was located 8 miles north of downtown Fresno on vacant land near an existing mill-workers housing area. The area is now within the Fresno city limits, north of Herndon Road 1 mile west of Blackstone Avenue.

"The Army officially acquired the site on 24 March 1942. At the time of acquisition there were 21 warehouses and 11 other buildings which had been used to store cotton, sugar, and machinery. From 7 May 7 to 23 July 1942, the Pinedale Assembly Center housed a total of 4,823 evacuees, with a maximum of 4,792 at a time. The evacuees were from Sacramento and El Dorado counties, and Oregon and Washington. Ten barracks blocks, each with 26 buildings, were constructed for the evacuees, and a separate block was built for the military police and administration.

"Established on August 1, 1942, on the site of a Pinedale Assembly Center became Camp Pinedale began receiving soldiers selected for training as Army Air Forces signal technicians in December of that year. The proposed use was for the Air Service Command to store clothing, parachutes, equipment, office supplies, and salvage material. In July of 1944 Camp Pinedale became the home of the 840th Army Air Forces Specialized Depot. The Fourth Air Force decided to concentrate all unit and team training of certain Signal companies used by the Army Air Forces."

Read more here: www.militarymuseum.org/CpPindale.html
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Coordinates:   36°50'24"N   119°48'45"W

Comments

  • My Grandfather trained here with the 338th Signal Wing before being deployed to Chengtu, China with the first B-29 groups.
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