Camp Desert Center
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The Camp Desert Center was a sub camp of the US Army, Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Desert Center was at Desert Center, California, in Riverside County, California in the Colorado Desert.
Camp Desert Center | |
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Location | Desert Center, California |
Coordinates | 33°42′48″N 115°24′02″W |
Area | 34,000 acres |
Built | June of 1942 |
Architect | US Army |
Reference no. | 985 |
This sub camp was in southern California, between the cities of Indio and Blythe, at the junction of Interstate 10 and State Route 177, about halfway between Phoenix and Los Angeles. It is located just south of Joshua Tree National Park near the Colorado River Aqueduct. Camp Granite was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.985).
Army divisions were not stationed at Camp Desert Center. Rather, the camp was used as a supply depot, maintenance repair depot, and an evacuation hospital run by the 92nd medical unit.[1]