Near Yuma in Yuma County, Arizona — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Camp Laguna
Desert Training Center
| | California Arizona Maneuver Area | |
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 14, 2010
1. Camp Laguna Marker
The Desert Training Center, a simulated theater of operations, included portions of Arizona, California and Nevada. The other camps were Young, Coxcomb, Iron Mountain, Ibis, Clipper, Pilot Knob, Bouse, Granite, Horn, Hyder, and Rice. Over one million soldiers from approximately 400 units were trained at the center. These units included 13 infantry divisions, 7 armored divisions and numerous non-divisional units.
Camp Laguna was the training site for the 3rd and 9th Armored Divisions, 79th Infantry Divisions, Italian service units and special bridge test section.
Erected 1998 by Lost Dutchman Chapter 5917, Ancient and Honorable order of E Clampus Vitus, In cooperation with The United States Army, Yuma Proving Ground.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Desert Training Center, and the E Clampus Vitus series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1942.
Location. 32° 49.708′ N, 114° 23.416′ W. Marker is near Yuma, Arizona, in Yuma County.
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Regionally, this marker is in Arizona’s Colorado River Valley, in the Sonoran Desert, and in the Yuma Area. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also the Gadsden Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Italians at the Yuma Test Branch (approx. 5.4 miles away); World War II Bridge Test Site (approx. 5.4 miles away); El Camino Del Diablo (approx. 11.2 miles away); Red Top Wash Bridge (approx. 12.7 miles away); B-17 Training Bomber Crash Memorial (approx. 12.8 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. Site of Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuner (was approx. 7.3 miles away in California but has been confirmed missing).
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 14, 2010
2. Camp Laguna Marker
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, March 14, 2010
3. Camp Laguna Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2018. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 4,287 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 24, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
