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Camp Callan was located near U.S. Highway 101, about 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown San Diego in the La Jolla area. It occupied a roughly rectangular piece of land approximately 3 miles (5 km) north-to-south and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) east-to-west. This land is on the Torrey Pines Mesa and is near the Pacific Ocean.
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California (closed 1933) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Southeastern Branch at Camp Gordon, Georgia; United States Disciplinary Barracks, Southern Branch at North Camp Hood, Texas
Lindbergh Field (San Diego Municipal Airport), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of San Diego. Delivery airport for Consolidated Aircraft (PBY, B-24) Now: San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN, FAA LID: SAN) Also: Coast Guard Air Station San Diego Known sub-bases and auxiliaries Gibbs Auxiliary Field Peik Auxiliary Field
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It is located in Miramar, a community of San Diego, California, about 14 miles (23 km) north of downtown San Diego. The airfield has been named Mitscher Field since 1955, after Admiral M.A. Mitscher, who was the commander of Task Force 58 during World War II. [2]
On December 1, 1921, the base was formally commissioned as the Marine Advanced Expeditionary Base San Diego. In 1923, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot for the west coast was relocated to the new base in San Diego from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. On March 1, 1924, the base became officially the Marine Corps Base San Diego.
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The battalion was relocated to Marine Corps Base Parris Island, South Carolina in December 1937 and again relocated to San Diego, California in May 1938. The battalion was re-designated as the 2d Battalion, 15th Marines on 15 November 1938 and again as the 1st Defense Battalion on 1 November 1939 under Lieutenant colonel Bertram A. Bone .