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Camp Laguna, the Glossary

The Camp Laguna was a sub camp of the US Army, Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California.^[1]

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1942 establishments in Arizona
1944 disestablishments in Arizona
Closed training facilities of the United States Army
Military facilities in Arizona

Arizona World War II Army Airfields

During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Arizona for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers.

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Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun

--> The Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

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Camp Bouse

Camp Bouse was a secret camp of the US Army, Desert Training Center in Mohave County, Arizona. Camp Laguna and camp Bouse are Closed training facilities of the United States Army and military facilities in Arizona.

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Camp Coxcomb

The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. Camp Laguna and camp Coxcomb are Closed training facilities of the United States Army.

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Camp Hyder

Camp Hyder was a US Army installation in Arizona, functioning as a subcamp of the Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. Camp Laguna and Camp Hyder are Closed training facilities of the United States Army and military facilities in Arizona.

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Colorado River

The Colorado River (Río Colorado) is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico.

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Desert Training Center

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. Camp Laguna and Desert Training Center are Closed training facilities of the United States Army and military facilities in Arizona.

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Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma was a fort in California located in Imperial County, across the Colorado River from Yuma, Arizona.

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General George S. Patton Memorial Museum

The General George S. Patton Memorial Museum, in Chiriaco Summit, California, is a museum erected in tribute to General George S. Patton on the site of the entrance of Camp Young, part of the Desert Training Center of World War II.

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George S. Patton

George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, and the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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Howitzer

The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.

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Italian Service Units

The Italian Service Units or ISUs were military units composed of Italian prisoners of war (POWs) that served with the Allies during World War II against Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan from May 1944 to October 1945.

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Laguna Army Airfield

Laguna Army Airfield is a military airport located at Yuma Proving Ground, northeast of the central business district of Yuma, a city in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.

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Laguna, Yuma County, Arizona

Laguna is a populated place situated in Yuma County, Arizona, United States.

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M113 armored personnel carrier

The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation.

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M247 Sergeant York

The M247 Sergeant York DIVAD (Division Air Defense) was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), developed by Ford Aerospace in the late 1970s.

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M3 Lee

The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II.

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M4 Sherman

The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the United States and Western Allies in World War II.

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M42 Duster

The M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or "Duster," is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service until 1988.

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M47 Patton

The M47 Patton was an American Medium tank, a development of the M46 Patton mounting an updated turret, and was in turn further developed as the M48 Patton.

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M55 (rocket)

The M55 rocket was a chemical weapon developed by the United States in the 1950s.

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M551 Sheridan

The M551 "Sheridan" AR/AAV (Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle) was a light tank developed by the United States and named after General Philip Sheridan, of American Civil War fame.

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M7 Priest

The 105 mm howitzer motor carriage M7 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle produced during World War II.

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M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle

The M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) is a full-tracked vehicle used for breaching, obstacle removal, and pioneering operations.

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M74 Armored Recovery Vehicle

The M74 tank recovery vehicle (M74) was an engineer vehicle used by the U.S. Army in the 1950s.

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Marine Corps Air Station Yuma

Marine Corps Air Station Yuma or MCAS Yuma is a United States Marine Corps air station in Arizona. Camp Laguna and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma are 1942 establishments in Arizona and military facilities in Arizona.

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MGR-1 Honest John

The MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal.

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MGR-3 Little John

The MGR-3 Little John was a free flight artillery rocket system designed and put into service by the U.S. Army during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Multiple rocket launcher

A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a volley gun.

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Nazism

Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany.

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North Africa

North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Riverside County, California

Riverside County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert (Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Laguna

Also known as Italians at the Yuma Test Branch, Wahner E. Brooks Historical Exhibit.

Camp Laguna, the Glossary

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1942 establishments in Arizona

1944 disestablishments in Arizona

Closed training facilities of the United States Army

Military facilities in Arizona

References