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- Camp Kearny
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- Camp Kearny was established
July 18, 1917, named in honor of Bigadier General Stephen Watts
Kearny who led the Army of the West to San Diego in 1846. It
was one of 32 new camps created in May 1917, each designed to
house 40,000 troops with 1200 buildings and tents on 10,000 acres.
Most of Camp Kearny’s soldiers lived in tents, as more than
65,000 men trooped through the camp on their way to World War
I battlegrounds. After the war, the camp was used as a demobilization
center.
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- During this period, the
40th Division (now the 40th Infantry Division) was formed from
units of the National Guards of California and other southwestern
states.
Camp Kearny was located 11-1/2 miles north of San Diego on 12,721
acres and gave its name to the surrounding mesa. It cost $4.5
million to build and ended October 31, 1920. The site of Camp
Kearny is now Marine
Corps Air Station Miramar.
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Camp Kearney, CLICK
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