San Diego in San Diego County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

Ingram Plaza

Preble Field, Naval Training Center San Diego

— — Liberty Station — —

Ingram Plaza Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011

1. Ingram Plaza Marker

Inscription.
Panel 1
This plaza is dedicated to the memory of
Osmond K. Ingram
Gunner's Mate First Class
United States Navy
who sacrificed his life
in an effort to save his
ship and shipmates
during an engagement
between the U.S.S. Cassin
and a German submarine
on October 15, 1917
"Greater love hath no man than this:
that a man lay
down his life for his friends."

Panel 2
Ingram Plaza
Ingram Plaza was the site of the original tent camps in the 1920s. The purpose of the tent camps was to isolate new recruits for three weeks to transform them, with new haircuts, uniforms, and physical training, into men who would be integrated into the regular training routines of the base. The camps were also used to ensure no one was bringing transferable diseases, such as chicken pocks and measels [sic] and onto the base. Ingram Plaza was named in honor of Osmond K. Ingram, who died trying to save his ship and the men aboard her during World War I.

Panel 3
Perble Field
Preble Field was a grinder, or marching ground. However, Preble Field is most fondly remembered as the location of every boot camp graduation ceremony, where boys became men. “A few weeks before graduation we would practice marching up and

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down Preble Field to get ready for the big day.” After graduation, “Some parents didn’t even recognize their own sons – they had changed so much.” In 1946, over 20,000 sailors assembled here for the memorial service of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The guns seen here are part of the Historic District artifacts.

Erected by The U.S. Navy and the Corky McMillan Companies.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Heroes • War, World I • Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 2005.

Location. 32° 44.21′ N, 117° 12.745′ W. Marker is in San Diego, California, in San Diego County. Marker can be reached from Cushing Road north of Roosevelt Road. Marker is on the grounds of "Liberty Station", the mixed-use community development project on the Historic District formerly occupied by the San Diego Naval Training Center (NTC) which is west of the San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field) and accessible from North Harbor Drive via Laning Road and Rosecrans Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: San Diego CA 92106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Gun Platform No. 2 - 1945 (within shouting distance of this marker); Gun Platform No. 1 - 1945

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011

2. Ingram Plaza Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Ingram Plaza (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Command Center, Building 200 (about 700 feet away); North Chapel, Building 208 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Library Building 177 (approx. 0.2 miles away); El Desembarcadero (approx. half a mile away); USS Recruit (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in San Diego.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.

Also see . . .
1. Gunner's Mate First Class Osmond K. Ingram, USN (1887- 1917). Naval Historical Center website entry (Submitted on January 11, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

2. USS Cassin (DD-43). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 12, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

3. Commodore Edward Preble, USN (1761-1807). Wikipedia entry (Submitted on January 12, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)

Ingram Plaza & Preble Field Marker Panels image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011

3. Ingram Plaza & Preble Field Marker Panels

Ingram Plaza Marker Panel 2 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011

4. Ingram Plaza Marker Panel 2

Ingram Plaza Marker Panel 3 image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 7, 2011

5. Ingram Plaza Marker Panel 3

GM1/c Osmond K. Ingram image. Click for full size.

Photographed By U.S. Navy

6. GM1/c Osmond K. Ingram

"Osmond Ingram" image. Click for full size.

Photographed By NavSource Naval History, Unknown

7. "Osmond Ingram"

Commemorative painting by Charles B. Falls, commissioned by the Bureau of Navigation

USS Cassin (DD-43) battle damage image. Click for full size.

Photographed By NavSource Naval History, 1917

8. USS Cassin (DD-43) battle damage

Where Gunner's Mate Ingram earned his Medal of Honor.

USS Cassin (DD-43) after repairs image. Click for full size.

Photographed By NavSource Naval History, 1918

9. USS Cassin (DD-43) after repairs

Credits. This page was last revised on March 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 919 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 11, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 6. submitted on January 12, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 7, 8, 9. submitted on October 31, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.