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The Desert Training Center (DTC) was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert; largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942. Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Corps units and personnel to live and fight in the desert, to test and develop suitable equipment, and to develop tactical doctrines, techniques and training methods.

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  • Desert Training Center
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  • The Desert Training Center (DTC) was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert; largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942. Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Corps units and personnel to live and fight in the desert, to test and develop suitable equipment, and to develop tactical doctrines, techniques and training methods.
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  • 1942(xsd:integer)
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  • Army Training Area
Caption
  • Map of Desert Training Center
Commanders
  • Major General George S. Patton, Jr., April–August 1942.
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  • 1942(xsd:integer)
Location
  • Southern Californina/Western Arizona
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  • The Desert Training Center (DTC) was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert; largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942. Its mission was to train United States Army and Army Air Corps units and personnel to live and fight in the desert, to test and develop suitable equipment, and to develop tactical doctrines, techniques and training methods. It was a key training facility for units engaged in combat during the 1942–1943 North African campaign. It stretched from the outskirts of Pomona, California eastward to within 50 miles of Phoenix, Arizona, southward to the suburbs of Yuma, Arizona and northward into the southern tip of Nevada.
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