One of the largest training area was the CAMA (California-Arizona Maneuver
Area) that included large portions of eastern Calfiornia and Western
Arizona.  There are many documents pertaining to this area, but they are
incomplete, as many resources identified in the Mojave Desert have been
identified, but are not specifically listed in the documents (war-time
paper trail is incomplete).  I have worked on sites off I-40 that are not
in the formal records.  Try contacting the BLM in Barstow or Needles and
ask about CAMA.

Jeanette McKenna, Whittier CA


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron May <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 12/6/2005 9:44:09 AM
> Subject: Re: World War II training sites
>
> Scott,
>  
> Track down the Bureau of Land Management in California, as they have
worked  
> on Patton's desert training camps. I think California State Parks has
done  
> something too. It is possible that the Army at Fort Irwin has done
something.  
> You should check with the BLM.
>  
> There is a large collection of 1902-1922 U.S. Army material recovered
from  
> CA-SDI-12000 at Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, California, but it is not yet  
> analyzed for publication. 
>  
> Roger Kelly has worked up some material from the Presidio at San
Francisco,  
> although I have not seen what he did.
>  
> Ron May