California-Arizona Maneuver Area: Difference between revisions

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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.

**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.

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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 Camp
Desert Center	Desert Center	CA	33.71463, -115.40039	Desert Center	33.74778, -115.32528	Note 1
Coxcomb	Desert Center	CA	33.91402, -115.27061	Coxcomb	33.92261, -115.23951	Divisional Camp
Iron Mountain	Freda	CA	34.10072, -115.15594	Iron Mountain	34.10186, -115.10754	Divisional Camp
Granite	Freda	CA	34.06653, -115.13741	Iron Mountain	34.10072}, -115.15594	Divisional Camp
Essex	Needles	CA	34.79238, -115.26787	Essex	34.77151, -115.22152	Divisional Camp
Clipper	Needles	CA	34.79689, -115.22118	Essex	34.77151, -115.22152	Divisional Camp
Hyder	Hyder	AZ	33.02111, -113.37611			Divisional Camp
Horn	Dateland	AZ	32.92679, -113.57589	Dateland	32.81512, -113.52808	Divisional Camp
Pilot Knob	Pilot Knob	CA	32.75819, -114.75477			Divisional Camp
Laguna	Yuma	AZ	32.84513, -114.38158	Laguna	32.86697, -114.39467	Divisional Camp
Bouse	Blouse	AZ	34.03058, -113.73403			Divisional Camp
Goffs	Goffs	CA	34.9208, -115.06436	Goffs	34.93658, -115.06823	Ammunition & Supplies
Rice	Freda	CA	34.07882, -114.76456	Rice	34.06482, -114.814	Divisional Camp
Ibis	Needles	CA	34.97033, -114.82268	Ibis	34.97611, -114.84028	Divisional Camp
	Blythe	CA		Blythe	33.62141, -114.71684	Major Airfield
	Thermal	CA		Thermal	33.62673, -116.15643	Major Airfield
	Needles	CA		Needles	34.7628, -114.62422	Major Airfield
Notes: 1. Camp Desert Center housed an Evacuation Hospital, Observers camp, Ammunition Depot, 18th Ordnance Battalion and a quartermaster truck company. Sometimes listed as a divisional Camp.

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 (A) 33.62673, -116.15643, Thermal Army Airfield
 (A) 34.7628, -114.62422, Needles Army Airfield
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 (M) 34.8082, -115.21945, Camp Clipper Marker
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 (M) 34.08449, -114.76291, Camp Rice Marker (Missing?)
 (M) 33.66158, -115.72277, Chiriaco Summit, CA (Patton Museum)
+(M) 33.93172, -114.00502, Camp Bouse Markers
+(M) 32.91873, -113.5659, Camp Horn Marker
+(M) 32.79942, -113.54072, Camps Hyder & Horn Markers
+(M) 32.82848, -114.39018, Camp Laguna Markers
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