Camp Pilot Knob - Felicity, CA
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N 32° 45.057 W 114° 45.289
11S E 710345 N 3625908
Camp Pilot Knob was established in 1943 by the War Department when they secured 4,004.75 acres of desert land as part of the California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA), later named the Desert Training Center, for Camp Pilot Knob.
Waymark Code: WM5VDF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2009
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The following is on a plaque now at Camp Pilot Knob:
"SITE OF CAMP PILOT KNOB
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, 1944-1945.
CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 985
PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECRECATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND SQUIBOB CHAPTER, E CLAMPUS VITUS, NOVEMBER 10, 1990."
Era: WW II
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