Young Divisional Camp
Camp Young
Headquarters
Desert Training Center
California - Arizona
Maneuver Area

CAMP YOUNG, NAMED AFTER LT. GEN. S. B. M. YOUNG, THE 1ST ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, WAS ESTABLISHED AT THIS SITE IN THE SPRING OF 1942. IT WAS ONE OF TWELVE SUCH CAMPS BUILT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS TO HARDEN AND TRAIN UNITED STATES TROOPS FOR SERVICE ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF WORLD WAR 2. IT WAS SELECTED BY GEORGE S, PATTON JR. AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE DESERT TRAINING CENTER, A SIMULATED THEATER OF OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDED PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA AND NEVADA. THE OTHER CAMPS WERE COXCOMB, GRANITE, IRON MOUNTAIN, IBIS, CLIPPER, PILOT KNOB, LAGUNA, HORN, HYDER, BOUSE AND RICE.

A TOTAL OF 13 INFANTRY DIVISIONS AND 8 ARMORED DIVISIONS PLUS NUMEROUS SMALLER UNITS WERE TRAINED IN THIS HARSH ENVIRONMENT. THE TRAINING CENTER WAS IN OPERATION FOR ALMOST 2 YEARS AND WAS CLOSED EARLY IN 1944 WHEN THE LAST UNITS WERE SHIPPED OVER SEAS. DURING THE BRIEF PERIOD OF OPERATION OVER ONE MILLION AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE TRAINED FOR COMBAT.

THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE SOLDIERS THAT SERVED HERE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLE ENDING THE HOLOCAUST & DEFEATING THE ARMED FORCES OF NAZI GERMANY, FACIST ITALY AND IMPERIAL JAPAN.

PLAQUE PLACED BY THE BILLY HOLCOMB CHAPTER OF THE ANCIENT & HONORABLE ORDER OF E CLAMPUS B VITUE, THE FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION ASSOCIATION, THE FIFTH ARMORED DIVISION ASSOCIATION & THE 104 INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT INDIO RESOURCE AREA.

NOVEMBER 11, 1988.