Camp Pilot Knob
Camp Pilot Knob | |
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Location | Felicity, California |
Coordinates | 32°45′03″N 114°45′17″W / 32.750950°N 114.754817°W |
Area | 4,000 acres |
Built | April 1943 |
Architect | US Army |
Reference no. | 985 |
The Camp Pilot Knob was a sub camp of the
History
Camp Pilot Knob was built in April 1943. The Camp Pilot Knob was built to prepare troops to do battle in
Marker
Marker 985 at the Camp Pilot Knob site reads:
Camp Pilot Knob was a unit of the Desert Training Center, established by General George S. Patton Jr., to prepare American troops for battle during World War II. It was the largest military training ground ever to exist. At the peak of activity here at Pilot Knob, June – December, 1943, the 85th Infantry Division, and the 36th and 44th Reconnaissance Squadrons of the 11th (Mechanized) Cavalry trained for roles in the liberation of Europe, 1944–45.
Erected 1990 by State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management and John P. Squibob Chapter No. 1853, E Clampus Vitus. (Marker Number 985.)[7]
See also
- California Historical Landmarks in Imperial County
- California Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County, California
- California Historical Landmarks in Riverside County, California
- Camp Granite
- Camp Iron Mountain
- Camp Essex
- Camp Ibis
- California during World War II
External links
References
- ^ waymarking.com Camp Pilot Knob, Felicity, California
- ^ californiahistoricallandmarks.com Camp Pilot Knob
- ^ Anton, Mike (April 16, 2008). "See it now: the center of the world; The History of Humanity is being etched in stone in the California desert. The real story is the builder". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- ^ Mooallem, Jon (19 February 2014). "A Journey to the Center of the World". The New York Times Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ deserttrainingcenter.com Camp Pilot Knob
- ^ militarymuseum.org Camp Pilot Knob
- ^ Marker Database, Camp Pilot Knob, 985