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- Camp Dunlap
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- The Navy Department obtained 631.345 acres
in fee for use as Camp Dunlap Naval Reservation through condemnation
proceedings on 6 February 1942. The Final Judgement stated that
the land shall revert to and revest in the State of California
if the land is no longer used by the U.S. for national defense
purposes.
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- Construction of Camp Dunlap was completed
in 1942. Improvements included an estimated 30 buildings, a water
treatment system, distribution system, sewage collection and
treatment system, over 8.2 miles of paved streets, recreational
areas including a 76 x 165 foot foot swimming pool, and concrete
fuel tanks. The 631.345 acre site was used by the Marine Corps
as headquarters for Camp Dunlap at which over 185,000 troops
received special artillery training over a 3-year wartime high-activity
period. After the war, military operations at this location wound
down, but a "fair sized" contingent was said to remain
until 1949. A skeleton crew was maintained until the base was
dismantled in 1956.
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- The land was determined to be no longer
required by the Department of Defense and conveyed to the State
of California by quitclaim deed dated 6 October 1961. The deed
did not contain any restrictions, a recapture clause, or any
restoration provisions. All of the former Camp Dunlap buildings
have been removed. The remaining slabs are not proposed for removal
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- Source: Los Angeles District,
US Army Corps of Engineers
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