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| [[Camp Young|Young]] || Desert Center  || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.66989|Lon=-115.79392}} || [[Shavers Army Airfield|Shavers]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.66482|Lon=-115.71058}} || Headquarters
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| [[Camp Desert Center|Desert Center]] || Desert Center  || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.71463|Lon=-115.40039}} || [[Desert Center Army Airfield|Desert Center]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.74778|Lon=-115.32528}} ||  
| [[Camp Desert Center|Desert Center]] || Desert Center  || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.71463|Lon=-115.40039}} || [[Desert Center Army Airfield|Desert Center]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.74778|Lon=-115.32528}} ||  
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| [[Camp Young|Young]] || Desert Center  || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.66989|Lon=-115.79392}} || [[Shavers Army Airfield|Shavers]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.66482|Lon=-115.71058}} ||
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| [[Camp Coxcomb|Coxcomb]] || Desert Center || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.91402|Lon=-115.27061}} || [[Camp Coxcomb Army Airfield|Coxcomb]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.92261|Lon=-115.23951}} ||  
| [[Camp Coxcomb|Coxcomb]] || Desert Center || CA ||{{GPSLink|Lat=33.91402|Lon=-115.27061}} || [[Camp Coxcomb Army Airfield|Coxcomb]] || {{GPSLink|Lat=33.92261|Lon=-115.23951}} ||  

Revision as of 10:05, 17 February 2017

California-Arizona Maneuver Area (1942-1944) - A World War II training area established in 1942 as the Desert Training Center (DTC) in California and Arizona. Renamed the California-Arizona Maneuver Area CAMA) later in 1942. Closed on 30 Apr 1944.

Desert Training Center Map.

History

California-Arizona Maneuver Area Commanders List (edit list)
Assumed Relieved Rank Name Cullum Notes
1942-04-01 1942-08-05 Major General Patton Jr., George S. 4795 I Armored Corps
1942-11-09 1943-03-29 Major General Walker, Walton H. 5090 II Armored Corps
1942-08-02 1942-11 Major General Gillem Jr., Alvan C. N/A IV Armored Corps
1943-03-29 1943-07-26 Major General White, Charles H. 4614 IX Corps
1943-07-23 1943-11-13 Major General Haislip, Wade H. 5054 XV Corps
1943-11-13 1944-01-17 Major General Patch, Jr., Alexander M. 5187 IV Corps
1944-01-17 1944-04 Major General Anderson, Jonathon W. N/A X Corps
U.S. Naval Academy 1911
Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly.
The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy.
California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA) Camps & Airfields
Camp Near State GPS Airfield GPS Notes
Young Desert Center CA 33.66989,
-115.79392		 Shavers 33.66482,
-115.71058		 Headquarters
Desert Center Desert Center CA 33.71463,
-115.40039		 Desert Center 33.74778,
-115.32528
Coxcomb Desert Center CA 33.91402,
-115.27061		 Coxcomb 33.92261,
-115.23951
Iron Mountain Freda CA 34.10072,
-115.15594		 Iron Mountain 34.10186,
-115.10754
Granite Freda CA 34.06653,
-115.13741		 Iron Mountain 34.10072},
-115.15594
Essex Needles CA 34.79238,
-115.26787		 Essex 34.77151,
-115.22152
Clipper Needles CA 34.79689,
-115.22118		 Essex 34.77151,
-115.22152
Hyder Hyder AZ 33.02111,
-113.37611
Horn Dateland AZ 32.92679,
-113.57589		 Dateland 32.81512,
-113.52808
Pilot Knob Pilot Knob CA 32.75819,
-114.75477
Laguna Yuma AZ 32.84513,
-114.38158		 Laguna 32.86697,
-114.39467
Bouse Blouse AZ 34.03058,
-113.73403
Goffs Goffs CA 34.9208,
-115.06436		 Goffs 34.93658,
-115.06823
Rice Freda CA 34.07882,
-114.76456		 Rice 34.06482,
-114.814
Ibis Needles CA 34.97033,
-114.82268		 Ibis 34.97611,
-114.84028
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