Location of Camp Clipper and Camp Essex in California
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Camp Clipper and Camp Essex were subcamps of the US Army's Desert Training Center in San Bernardino County, California, located near Historic Route 66 and the Santa Fe Railway. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young. This is where General George S. Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Clipper was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.985.5). The site of Camp Clipper is now located near the Fenner Rest Area in Fenner, California, on Interstate 40 and Route 66, 32 miles (51 km) west of Needles in San Bernardino County, California, near the Clipper Mountains. Currently at the south end of the Mojave National Preserve. Camp Clipper was just to the east of Camp Essex. Clipper was a temporary camp for incoming and outgoing troops. Camp Essex was named after a small town near the camp, Essex. Near Camp Clipper was the 4,500 foot Camp Essex Army Airfield.[1][2]
Main article: Desert Training Center
Built in 1942, Camp Essex and Camp Clipper were built to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War II. At Camp Clipper were trained the 93rd Infantry Division. The trained troops went on to fight in the North African campaign. There was a temporary camp built for the training of the 33rd Infantry Division. When completed the camp had 36 shower buildings, an outdoor theater, 191 latrines, 149 wooden tent frames, and a 50,000-gallon water tank. Also built was a 500,000 gallon concrete reservoir and two 740-foot-deep wells. Camp had 14 training ranges. The camp was used shortly in 1944 for Italian prisoners of war. The camp closed on 16 March 1944 and is now overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. The army used live-fire exercises and warning signs are still on the site.[3][4][5]
Operating Camp Essex:
356th Engineer General Service Regiment (AGF)
Company A
Company E
Trained at the camp: 93rd Infantry Division from July of 193 to October 1943
Operating Camp Clipper:
16th Special Service Company (AGF)
2nd Service Platoon
605th Engineer Camouflage Battalion (AGF)
Company C
Trained at the camp: 33rd infantry Division from April 1943 to July 1943
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^California Parks Historic Landmark, San Bernardino County
^Camp Essex Army Airfield photo in 1953
^Sky Trail Camp Clipper
^The Desert Training Center, “The Place that God Forgot”
^skytrail Camp Essex
^militarymuseum.org Camp Clipper
^deserttrainingcenter.com Desert Training Center history
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