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32°51′58″N 117°06′11″W / 32.8659831°N 117.1030354°W / 32.8659831; -117.1030354

Camp Kearny
San Diego, Southern California
View of the flight line at Camp Kearny, 1945
TypeUnited States Army installation
Site history
Built1917 (1917)
In use1917–1946

Camp Kearny was a U.S. military base (first Army, later Navy) in San Diego County, California, on the site of the current Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It operated from 1917 to 1946. The base was named in honor of Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny.

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Camp Kearny

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117°06′11″W / 32.8659831°N 117.1030354°W / 32.8659831; -117.1030354 Camp Kearny was a U.S. military base (first Army, later Navy) in San Diego County...

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Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

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undergoing a "precautionary" renovation. Camp Holcomb (later renamed Camp Elliott) was built on part of old Camp Kearny, to be used for U.S Marine Corps artillery...

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Philip Kearny

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Philip Kearny Jr. (/ˈkɑːrni/; June 1, 1815 – September 1, 1862) was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican–American War...

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Battle of San Pasqual

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other American pioneers. Kearny Mesa, an area of San Diego, was named after Camp Kearny; Camp Kearny was named for Stephen W. Kearny. Kit Carson Park, in...

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Paramarines

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special training camp and parachute training school was opened temporarily at Camp Elliott in San Diego in May 1942, next to Camp Kearny, moving to purpose-built...

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John Glenn

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Church in New Concord, Ohio, on April 6, 1943. After advanced training at Camp Kearny, California, he was assigned to Marine Squadron VMJ-353, which flew R4D...

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USS Akron

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Texas and Arizona. En route to Sunnyvale, California, Akron reached Camp Kearny in San Diego on the morning of 11 May and attempted to moor. Since neither...

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Fort Kearny

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Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the western U.S. during the middle and late 19th century. The fort was...

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San Diego

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Naval Training Center San Diego, San Diego Naval Hospital, Camp Matthews, and Camp Kearny (now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar). The city was also an...

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Miramar National Cemetery

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of the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on the grounds of old Camp Kearny (1917) and Camp Elliott (1942). Miramar National Cemetery is considered an auxiliary...

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Timeline of San Diego

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Vultee Aircraft merge to become Convair. Camp Kearny recommissioned as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Camp Kearny and Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar. 1945...

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List of former United States Army installations

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November 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) "Camp Reynolds World War II Army Camp". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved...

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Marine Aircraft Group 15

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photo-reconnaissance training group, was commissioned on 1 March 1942, headquartered at Camp Kearny, San Diego. In addition to radio and photographic training, the Group...

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James Banning

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historic flight, Banning was killed in a plane crash during an air show at Camp Kearny military base in San Diego on February 5, 1933. He was a passenger in...

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California during World War II

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Camp Anza Camp Callan Camp Kearny Salinas Garrison Camp Lockett Fort Emory Oakland Army Base Fort Funston Fort MacArthur Camp Ashby Fort Mason Fort McDowell...

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1st Marine Aircraft Wing

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Air Station San Diego, California, on 10 December 1941, and then to Camp Kearny on 31 December. The first deployment for 1st MAW came in August 1942...

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Divisions of the United States Army

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the 16th Division did not go overseas and demobilized in March 1919 at Camp Kearny, California. 17th Division: 1918–1919 - Organized in 1918 as a Regular...

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Marine Corps Air Station El Toro

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occurred in late November when Major Michael Carmichael, flying from Camp Kearny, was forced to make an emergency landing among the construction equipment...

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List of former United States Army medical units

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New York, March 1919 Base Hospital No. 34, Camp Dix, New Jersey, April 1919 Base Hospital No. 35 Camp Kearny, California, 6 May 1919 Reconstituted 8 October...

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