Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center

The Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center also called Camp Santa Anita was training center built for World War 2. Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center Rifle Range was built is what is now the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in the Angeles National Forest, just north of East Pasadena, California and Sierra Madre, California. The 1029 acres camp, opened on November 30, 1942, was used for rifle and pistol training. Also at the range was small anti-aircraft range and an infiltration coarse, an type of obstacle course. The range closed in 1944 and the land lease ended in 1950. Most of troops trained at the range were based at the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps's Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center at the Santa Anita Racetrack in Arcadia, California in Los Angeles County. Before used as a training center the Santa Anita Racetrack was used for the Santa Anita assembly center a temporary internment camp for Japanese Americans from March 27 to October 27 of 1942. Camp Santa Anita was also used to hold German prisoner of war, held at the camp was several thousand of Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps troops captured during the North African campaign. The Center had some Italian Service Units working at the depot.[1] [2][3]

Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center with Military police
LocationSanta Anita Racetrack, Arcadia, California and San Gabriel Mountains
Coordinates34°10′19″N 118°03′04″W
BuiltOpened November 30, 1942 to November 1944
Location of Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
A panoramic view of the Camp Santa Anita


See also

References
  1. militarymuseum.org Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center Rifle Range
  2. militarymuseum.org Santa Anita Ordnance Training Center
  3. Facebook, Camp Santa Anita
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