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Hospital built to support the training at the camps of the vast
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Desert Training Center. Needles Station Hospital was located in the City of
Needles, California Needles is a city in San Bernardino County, California, in the Mojave Desert region of Southern California. Situated on the western banks of the Colorado River, Needles is located near the Californian border with Arizona and Nevada. The city is a ...
in San Bernardino County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young were General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Needles Station Hospital was on 875 acres of land and was open from 1942 to 1943. The hospital had two 250 bed hospital units. The hospital and camp was built using temporary buildings. Due to a shortage of manpower,
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at the Hospital Camp volunteered to work at the hospital. The land was transferred back to the
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on December 16, 1944. The site today is a mix of open land and housing. The Federal Property ID number is J09CA0507.Desert Training Center
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California Historical Landmarks in San Bernardino County, California List table of the properties and districts — listed on the California Historical Landmarks — within San Bernardino County, Southern California. *Note: ''Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properti ...
* California Historical Landmarks in Riverside County, California *
Camp Coxcomb The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young were General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Coxcomb wa ...
* Camp Granite * Camp Iron Mountain *
Camp Clipper The Camp Clipper and Camp Essex were sub camps of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young. This is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division w ...
and Camp Essex *
Camp Coxcomb The Camp Coxcomb was a sub camp of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young were General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Coxcomb wa ...
* California during World War II


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Needles Station Hospital - WW2 California Historical Landmarks 1942 establishments in California Military in San Bernardino County, California Military hospitals in the United States Defunct hospitals in California {{California-hospital-stub