OTHER TIDBITS: The previous entry read: “The Desert Training Center was a simulated theater of operations that included portions of California, Arizona and Nevada. The other camps were Young, Coxcomb, Iron Mountain, Ibis, Granite, Pilot Knob, Laguna, Horn, Ryder, Bouse and Rice. A total of 13 infantry divisions and 7 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 overseas. During the brief period of operation over one million American soldiers were trained for combat.”

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ANNOTATIONS:
WAY TOO COMPLICATED! The plaque is on the south side of Highway 62 (Desert Center Rice Road), 57 miles east of Twentynine Palms!

From Los Angeles: ~208mi (335km) — 3.5hrs
From Sacramento: ~591mi (952km) — 9.9hrs
From San Diego: ~227mi (366km) — 3.8hrs
From San Francisco: ~588mi (947km) — 9.8hrs