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Camp Young (115.80W
33.66N) was an important Army training center in the mountains west of Indio, California. It was
established by General
George Patton on 12 May 1942. With an acreage of 106,860 acres
(43,245 hectares) in June 1944, it became the headquarters of the
vast Desert Training Center. Rice Field (114.815W
34.065N) was acquired in September 1942 for ground support
training.
As might be expected, few of the many units trained at
Camp Young saw duty in the Pacific.
| 6
Infantry Division (Sibert)
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Arrived 1942-11-29 |
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| 81 Infantry Division (Mueller)
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Arrived 1943-7-17 |
| 711 Tank Battalion
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Arrived 1943-10-9 |
References
California State Military Department (accessed 2008-7-16)
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