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- Camp Granite
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- In 1942, the War Department acquired 67,907.5
acres through public land transfer from the U.S. Department of
the Interior and leases from the Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California. The site was used as a divisional camp
during World War II troop training maneuvers by General George
Patton, Jr. The divisional camp was one of many associated with
the Desert Training Center/California-Arizona
Maneuver Area (DTC/CAMA).
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- One of the DTC/CAMA camps established
in 1943 Camp Granite was located about 45 miles west of tile
Colorado River. In June 1943 the 76th Field Artillery Brigade
was at Camp Granite although the permanent camp had not yet been
completed. After the 76th Field Artillery Brigade departed, the
90th Infantry Division took its place and trained there.
The property was declared excess March 30, 1944. On two different
occasions between 1944 and 1952, the Department of the Army and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted range clearance operations.
Again from 17-30 May 1964, the Department of Defense used the
DTC/CAMA for a military exercise code named, DESERT STRIKE.
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- Camp Granite is located on State Route
62 just east on its junction with State Route 177. Camp Granite
is on the south side of the road while Camp
Iron Mountain is on the north. Both Camps are visible from
the highway.
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