Camp Las Pulgas also called 43 Area Camp Pendleton is subcamp of Camp Pendleton, California. The camp was built during World War 2. The camp was used for training US Marines before departing to the

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. It also housed them after returning from the war. The camp had a mix of both tents and quonset huts. Las Pulgas is Spanish for ''The Fleas''. The World War 2, Korean War and Vietnam War 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 an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Known as the "Cannon Cockers", the regiment falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I ...

. The 11th Marine Regiment is the artillery division of the

1st Marine Division The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF). It is the ...

. The camp is also home to the

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. 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's expedition with

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and Joan Crespí 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 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

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then land became grazing land for

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and

Pío Pico Don Pío de Jesús Pico (May 5, 1801 – September 11, 1894) was a Californio politician, ranchero, and entrepreneur, famous for serving as the last governor of California (present-day U.S. state of California) under Mexican rule. A member of ...

. In 1844 this became their land,

Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores was a Mexican land grant in present-day northwestern San Diego County, California given by governor Juan Alvarado in 1841 to Andrés Pico and Pio Pico. The grant was located along the Pacific coast, and en ...

. Andrés Pico used the land as his headquarters in the Mexican–American War. His troops went on to fight in the

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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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Marine Corps Community Services at Camp Pendleton
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