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The Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center also called Camp Santa Anita was a training center built for World War II. Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center Rifle Range was built is what is now the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, just north of East Pasadena, California and Sierra Madre, California. The 1029 ...
Formerly Used Defense Sites located in California. Formerly Used Defense Sites−FUDS (est.1986) — U.S. military program for assessment and environmental restoration of closed military installations of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Located in the Santa Barbara waterfront area at 113 Harbor Way, the Naval Reserve Center Santa Barbara, originally known as the Naval Reserve Armory, was built for the Navy by the Federal Government's Works Project Administration (WPA). In 1939 the City of Santa Barbara had deeded the land to the Navy with the customary $1.00 payment to make ...
The mission of Fourth Air Force was the air defense of the West Coast, operating two air defense wings in California (Los Angeles and San Francisco). It also provided operational training of newly formed groups and squadrons in combat aircraft prior to their deployment to overseas combat theaters.
715 Santa Barbara St. c. 1825 1982 Covarrubias Adobe: 715 Santa Barbara St. 1817, 1940 1982 Rochin Adobe 820 Santa Barbara St. 1856, c. 1900 1982 Miranda Adobe and Guard House 802 Anacapa St. Various 1983 Adobe portion only El Paseo and Casa de la Guerra: 808-818 State St., 813-819 Anacapa St., and 9-25 E. de la Guerra St. 1911-24 1928-29 1983
The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans .
The remainder of the base came under California Army National Guard control in 1977 and the current name of Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos (JFTB), was adapted in 2000 to reflect its multiple uses by the California Army National Guard, California Air National Guard, the U.S. Army Reserve, and other federal reserve component units. [8]
The West Coast Air Corps Training Center at Santa Ana commanded flying training (basic, primary and advanced) at airfields in the Western United States. On 31 July 1943, was redesignated as the Western Flying Training Command. Santa Ana Army Air Base was an air base without planes, hangars or runways. The original locations were at Maxwell ...