Desert Training Center
US Army training centers during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Desert Training Center (DTC), also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942.
Desert Training Center | |
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Part of United States Army | |
Southern California/Western Arizona | |
Coordinates | 33°40′N 115°43′W |
Type | Army Training Area |
Site history | |
Built | 1942 |
In use | 1942–1944 |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Major General George S. Patton, Jr., April–August 1942. |
Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Forces units and personnel to live and fight in the desert, to test and develop suitable equipment, and to develop tactical doctrines, techniques and training methods.
It was a key training facility for units engaged in combat during the 1942–1943 North African campaign. It stretched from the outskirts of Pomona, California eastward to within 50 miles of Phoenix, Arizona, southward to the suburbs of Yuma, Arizona and northward into the southern tip of Nevada.