Camp Las Pulgas also called 43 Area Camp Pendleton is subcamp of

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. The camp was built during

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. The camp was used for training

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before departing to the Pacific War. It also housed them after returning from the war. The camp had a mix of both tents and

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s. Las Pulgas is Spanish for ''The Fleas''. The World War 2,

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and

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tent camp was called Camp Las Pulgas Bivouac Area and Tent Camp 1, this Area is now the parking lot for Camp Pendleton's Combat Convoy Simulator and the Training Support Division. In 1971 the camp became the home of the 11th Marine Regiment. The 11th Marine Regiment is the

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division of the 1st Marine Division. The camp is also home to the 1st Maintenance Battalion. Also at Camp Las Pulgas - 43 Area is: Pulgas Lake, Las Pulgas Park, 11th Marine Armory, 43 Area Dental Clinic, Las Pulgas Barber Shop, 43 Area Fitness Center, 43 Area Pool, 43 Area Branch Medical Clinic, 43 Area SMP Single Marine Program Recreation Center, 43 Area Training Tank, United States Postal Office,

Gaspar de Portolá Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira (January 1, 1716 – October 10, 1786) was a Spanish military officer, best known for leading the Portolá expedition into California and for serving as the first Governor of the Californias. His expedition laid the ...

's expedition with

Junípero Serra Junípero Serra y Ferrer (; ; ca, Juníper Serra i Ferrer; November 24, 1713August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierr ...

and

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camped at the spot in 1769. Father Crespí named the place ''La Canada de los Rosales'' or Rose Canyon, after seeing the wild Castilian roses that grew in the canyon. A few years later a

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia Mission San Luis Rey de Francia ( es, Misión San Luis Rey de Francia) is a former Spanish mission in San Luis Rey, a neighborhood of Oceanside, California. This Mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians. At its prime, ...

survey party camped at the canyon and found and were hurt by many fleas, thus ''Camp Las Pulgas''. The area became part of the vast California Spanish missions. With the Mexican secularization act of 1833 then land became grazing land for Andrés Pico and Pío Pico. In 1844 this became their land,

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. Andrés Pico used the land as his headquarters in the

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. His troops went on to fight in the Battle of San Pasqual in December 1846. Ater the war the land returned to grazing again. World War 2 turned the land into the training camp it is today.Camp Las Pulgas History
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Fackbook 43 Area Camp Pendleton

Camp Pendleton
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(GlobalSecurity.org)
Marine Corps Community Services at Camp Pendleton
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