Traces Of One Million Series
Aerial photographs available as 30” x 30” Fine Art Prints on Hahnemühle Bamboo 290 gsm paper.
Description
These Desert Training Centers and abandoned Army Airfields were part of thirteen divisional tent camps that existed in the Mojave Desert of Southern California and Western Arizona between 1942 and 1944 to train and prepare close to one million soldiers for desert warfare in the North Africa desert. In its final stage the entire training zone was approximately 350 miles wide and 250 miles long.
Historical Context
These sites were established for training efforts in an area with a desert terrain and environment. In January 1942, the success of the German Army in North Africa led the U.S. War Department to focus U.S. Army training efforts in areas with a desert terrain and environment. On 5 February 1942, the Chief of Staff, General Headquarters, approved of a Desert Training Center and designated General George S. Patton as the Center's Commanding General. The total maneuver area encompassed 12 million acres, making it the largest training area in the U.S.
Camp Ibis
Camp Ibis (100% crop)
Fenner Airstrip I
Fenner Airstrip I (100% crop)
Camp Rice
Camp Rice (100% crop)
Camp Iron Mountain
Camp Iron Mountain (100% crop)
Camp Clipper
Camp Clipper (100% crop)
Fenner Airstrip II
Fenner Airstrip II (100% crop)