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Specific Posts and Regional Histories (less Harbor Defense Posts and including Post-1947 Army Airfields)

Adobe Meadows Camp
Alameda Administrative Center
Alameda Medical Depot
Alameda Mole Gun Emplacement Site
Amedee Army Airfield
Arbuckle Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Arlington Staging Area
Army General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco
Army-Navy Freight Distributing Agency (Los Angeles)
Army-Navy Freight Distributing Agency (Oakland)
Army-Navy Freight Distributing Agency (San Francisco)
Army-Navy Distributing Center
Ashville Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Auburn General Hospital
Bacon Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Banning General Hospital
Banning Park Camp
Banning Rifle Range
Base General Depot
Baywood Park Training Area
Beaumont General Hospital
Benicia Arsenal
- Prisoner of War Camp
- Stockton Sub-Depot
Benicia Barracks
Benicia Quartermaster Depot
Bicycle Lake Army Air Field
Birmingham General Hospital
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Bolsa Chica Military Reservation
Boswell Ranch Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Bouldin Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Boyle's Camp
Buttonwillow Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Burbank Prisoner of War Processing Station
Byron Hot Springs Interrorgation Center
California Quartermaster Depot (Oakland)
- California Quartermaster Sub-Depot (San Francisco)
- California Quartermaster Sub-Depot (Tracy)
  - Prisoner of War Camp
- California Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot
- Camp Beale Quartermaster Depot (Classification)
California State Fairgrounds
Camp A.E. Wood
Camp Alert
Camp Allen (Alameda County)
Camp Anderson (Humboldt County)
Camp Anderson (Sacramento County)
Camp Andrade
Camp Anza
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Arcadia
Camp Armstrong
Camp Ashby
Camp at Calicienga Rancheria
Camp at Campbell
Camp at Fork of Salmon River
Camp at Fremont Peak
Camp at Goose Lake
Camp at Marl Springs
Camp at Martin's Ferry
Camp at Martin's Ranch
Camp at Pardee's Ranch
Camp at Pierson's Ranch
Camp at the Forks of the Salmon
Camp at Red Bluff
Camp at San Filipe
Camp at Santa Cruz
Camp Atascadero
Camp Babbitt
Camp Banning
Camp Barbour
Camp Barrett
Camp Beale
- Prisoner of War Camp
- Arbuckle Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Camp Beale Chemical Warefare Service Depot
- Camp Beale Quartermaster Depot (Classification)
- Davis Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Windsor Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Belt
Camp Bidwell (Butte County)
Camp Bidwell (Modoc County)
Camp Bishop Creek
Camp Boynton Prairie
Camp Bragg
Camp Burnt Ranch
Camp Burton (San Diego County)
Camp Burton (Tulare County)
Camp Cactus
Camp Cady
Camp Cajon
Camp Calhoun
Camp Callan
Camp Calexico
Camp Campo
Camp Canada de las Uvas
Camp Capell
Camp Carleton
Camp Cass
Camp Chico
Camp Clayton
Camp Clipper
Camp Colus
Camp Commander
Camp Cooke
- Branch United States Disciplinary Barracks
- Prisoner of War Camp
  - Buttonwillow Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Corcoran Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Delano Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Lemoore Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Old River Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Rankin Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Saticoy Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Tachi Farms Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Tagus Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Tipton Prisoner of War Branch Camp
  - Tulare Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Coster
Camp Coxcomb
Camp Crane
Camp Crescent City
Camp Curtis
Camp Danby
Camp Dolores
Camp Downey
Camp Dragoon Bridge
Camp Drum
Camp El Centro
Camp Escondido
Camp Essex
Camp Far West
Camp Fauntleroy
Camp Fernando Feliz
Camp Fitzgerald (Imperial County)
Camp Fitzgerald (Los Angeles County)
Camp Flint
Camp Frederica
Camp Fremont (Mariposa County)
Camp Fremont (Santa Clara County)
Camp Gaston (Humboldt County)
Camp Gaston (Imperial County)
Camp Giftaler Ranch
Camp Gigling
Camp Gilmore (Humboldt County)
Camp Gilmore (San Joaquin County)
Camp Goffs
Camp Granite
Camp Grant
Camp Haan
- Camp Haan Quartermaster Depot (Classification)
- Camp Irwin
- Birmingham General Hospital Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Camp Anza Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Torney General Hospital Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Halleck
Camp Hollenbush
Camp Holtville
Camp Hooker
Camp Hot Creek Station
Camp Howard
Camp Ibis
Camp in Onion Valley
Camp in the Lava Beds
Camp Independence (Imperial County)
Camp Independence (Inyo County)
Camp Iron Mountain
Camp Irvine
Camp Irwin
Camp Jackson
Camp Jaqua
Camp John H. Beacom
Camp John P. Pryor
Camp John T. Knight
Camp Johns
Camp Johnson
Camp Kearny (Monterey County)
Camp Kearny (San Diego County)
Camp Kellogg
Camp Kohler
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Klamath
Camp Laguna Grande
Camp La Mesa
Camp La Paz
Camp Latham
Camp Lawrence J. Hearn
Camp Leonard
Camp Lincoln
Camp Lippitt
Camp Liscom Hill
Camp Lockett
- Mitchell Convalescent Hospital
  - Prisoner of War Camp
Camp Low
Camp Long
Camp Lu-pi-yu-ma
Camp Lyon (Humboldt County)
Camp Lyon (San Francisco County)
Camp Mackall
Camp Mattole
Camp McClear
Camp McClellan
Camp McDougall
Camp McCormick
Camp McQuaide
- Branch United States Disciplinary Barracks
Camp Merced
Camp Merchant
Camp Merriam (San Francisco County)
Camp Merriam (San Luis Obispo County)
Camp Merritt (Alameda County)
Camp Merritt (San Francisco County)
Camp Mettah
Camp Miller (Fresno County)
Camp Miller (San Francisco County)
Camp Mineral King
Camp Miramar
Camp Morena
Camp Morris
Camp Mott
Camp near Butte Creek
Camp near Hornitos
Camp near Ione City
Camp near Temecula
Camp near Wawona
Camp New Supply
Camp Nome Lackee
Camp Olney
Camp on Eel River
Camp on Janes Farm
Camp on King's River
Camp on Russian River
Camp on Sacramento River
Camp Ono
- Prisoner of War Camp
Camp Ord
Camp Otay
Camp Pah-Ute Spring
Camp Palm City
Camp Parks
Camp Persifer F. Smith
Camp Pindale
Camp Pilot Knob
Camp Placer
Camp Pollack
Camp Pratt
Camp Prentiss
Camp Rancho Cucamonga
Camp Rancho del Jurupa
Camp Rathke
Camp Redwood
Camp Resting Springs
Camp Rice
Camp Riley
Camp Ringgold
Camp Roberts
- Camp Roberts Soldier Bowl
- Prisoner of War Camp
Camp Rock Springs
Camp Ross
Camp San Bernardino
Camp San Diego
Camp San Filipe
Camp San Jose
Camp San Luis Obispo
- Baywood Park Training Area
- Prisoner of War Camp
Camp San Luis Rey
Camp San Miguel
Camp San Pedro
Camp San Ysidro
Camp Santa Anita
Camp Santa Barbara
Camp Santa Catalina Island
Camp Santa Isabel
Camp Santa Ysabel
Camp Scholfield
Camp Seaside
Camp Seeley
Camp Sequoia National Park
Camp Shafter
Camp Sigel
Camp Soda Springs
Camp Soldiers Grove
Camp Soledad
Camp Sonoma
Camp Stanford
Camp Stanislaus
Camp Steele
Camp Stoneman
- Prisoner of War Camp
  - Fort McDowell Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Camp Strowbridge
Camp Sugar Loaf
Camp Sumner
Camp Susan
Camp Swasey
Camp Tanforan
Camp Taylor
Camp Tracy
Camp Tulare
Camp Tulelake
Camp Union
Camp U.S. Troops
Camp Vallecito
Camp Vista
Camp Waite
Camp Walter R. Taliaferro
Camp Weber
Camp Whistler
Camp Wright (Mendocino County)
Camp Wright (San Diego County)
Camp Wright (San Francisco County)
Camp Worth
Camp Yerba Buena Island
Camp Yosemite
Camp Young
Camp Yuma
Cantonment Far West
Carlesbad Camp Site
Central Sierra Snow Laboratory
Cherry Valley Hospital
China Beach Bivouac Area
Chino Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Chouchille Camp
Clarksburg Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Coalinga Prisioner of War Branch Camp
Colusa Post
Coranado Amphibious Training Base Prisoner of War Camp
Corcoran Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Coxcomb Divisional Camp
Daby's Ferry Post
Dante Station Hospital
Dairyland Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Davis Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Delano Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Detachment at Yosemite National Park
DeWitt General Hospital
- Prisoner of War Camp/Branch Camp
Dibble General Hospital
Dos Palos Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Drum Barracks
Elk Camp
Emeryville Ordnance Depot
Emeryville Storage Area, San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Federal Armory
Firebaugh Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Five Points #1 Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Five Points #2 Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Fontana Back Up Storage Depot
Fontana Barracks
Fort Andserson
Fort Baker (Humboldt County)
Fort Beale
Fort Bidwell
Fort Benton
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Tactical Position
Fort Crook
Fort DuPont
Fort Far West
Fort Fremont
Fort Gaston
Fort Halleck
Fort Hill (Los Angeles County)
Fort Hill (Monterey County)
Fort Hooper
Fort Humboldt
Fort Iaqua
Fort Irwin
Fort Jones (Monterey County)
Fort Jones (Siskiyou County)
Fort Lincoln
Fort Lyon
Fort Mason
Fort McDowell
- Prisoner of War Processing Station
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Fort Mervine
Fort Miller
Fort Monroe
Fort Montgomery
Fort Moore
- The Two Forts of Fort Hill: The Siege of Los Angeles and Fort Moore
Fort Ord
- Ashview Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Coalinga Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Dairyland Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Dos Palos Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Firebaugh Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Five Points #1 Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Five Points #2 Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Mendota Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- San Joaquin Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Soledad Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Tranquility Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Fort Piute
Fort Piute Hill
Fort Right
Fort San Diego
Fort Savannah
Fort Seward
Fort Stockton
Fort Tejon
Fort Ter-Waw
Fort Vose
Fort Weller
Fort Wool
Fort Yuma
Fritzsche Army Air Field
Garden Branch Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Garrison at San Diego
General Gillem's Camp
Goffs Army Ammunition Depot
Goffs Rifle Range
Gold Bluffs Post
Goleta Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Granada Cantonment Area
Griffith Park Experimental Laboratory
Griffith Park Internment Camp
Griffith Park Photographic Center
Grizzely Peak Anti-Aircraft Artillery No. 3
Half Moon Bay Tactical Position
Hamilton Army Airfield
Hammond General Hospital
Hancock's Redoubt
Hanford Chemical Warfare Service Warehouse
Hayfork Camp
Hoff General Hospital
Jenner Tactical Position
Jet Propulsion Labratory
Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos
King Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Kliene's Ranch Post
Lakelands Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Lamont Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Boswell Ranch Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Lakelands Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Lathrop Engineer Depot
- Walegra Engineer Depot
Lathrop Holding and Reconsignment Point
Lathrop Prisoner of War Branch
Lathrop Transportation Corps Depot
Lemoore Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Letterman Army Hospital
Letterman Army Medical Center
Letterman Army Medical Clinic
Letterman General Hospital
- Dante Annex
Lighthouse Point Post
Lincoln's Camp
Long's Camp
Los Angeles Back Up Storage Depot
Los Angeles Communications Repair Station
Los Angeles Medical Depot
Los Angeles Ordnance Depot
Los Angeles Port of Embarkation Station Hospital
Los Angeles Salvage Segregation Depot
Los Angeles Signal Depot
Mare Island Post
Mather Army Aviation Support Facility
McCormack General Hospital
Mendota Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Military Post at Goat Island
Miller's Camp
Mission Bay Quartermaster Depot
Mira Loma Engineer Sub-Depot
Mira Loma Quartermaster Depot
- Mira Loma Quartermaster Repair Sub-Depot (Camp Ono)
  - Prisoner of War Camp
- Camp Haan Quartermaster Depot (Classification)
- Yermo Quartermaster Sub-Depot
Mitchell Convalencent Hospital
- Prisoner of War Camp
Mojave Antiaircraft Range
Molate Island Military Reservation
Montara Tactical Position
Montara Training Area
Monterey Barracks
Monterey Military Reservation
Monterey Ordnance Depot
Monterey Redoubt
Mount Campbell Rifle Range
New Camp Carleton
New San Diego Depot
Newkirk's Mill Post
Oak Camp
Oakland Area Station Hospital
Oakland Army Base
Oakland Army Terminal
Oakland Signal Sub-Depot
Oakland Sub-Port, San Francisco Port of Embarkation
Old River Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Ord Barracks
Ono Depot
Orleans Bar Post
Owl Chemical Warefare Service Plant
Palen Pass Maneuver Area
Palo Alto General Hospital
Parks Reserve Forces Training Area
Parr Richmond Terminal Military Reservation
Pasadena Area Station Hospital
Peninsula Camp
Pigion Point Tactical Position
Pittsburg Replacement Depot
Pittsburg Replacement and Reclassification Depot
Point Arena Tactical Position
Point Marin Tactical Position
Point Sur Tactical Position
Point San Jose Military Reservation
Pomona Ordnance Depot
- Garden Grove Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- San Fernando Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Santa Ana Army Air Base Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Pomona Quartermaster Depot
Port Animal Depot
Port and General Depot, Oakland
Post at Angel Island
Post at Friday's Station
Post at Goat Island
Post at Los Angeles
Post at Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Post at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Post at Point San Jose
Post near Sacramento City
Post near Sutterville
Presidio of Monterey
Presidio of San Diego
Presidio of San Francisco
Presidio de Sonoma
Prisoner of War Processing Station (Burbank)
Prisoner of War Processing Station (Fort McDowell)
Quartermaster Motor Depot, Stockton
Rancho del Chino Post
Redoubt Bitter Springs
Red Rock Military Reservation
Reed Army Air Field
Reed's Ranch Post
Rice Divisional Camp
Richmond Tank Depot
Rindge Tract Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Rio Vista Army Terminal
Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant
Riverbank Ordnance Plant
Round Valley Post
Sacramento Advanced Communications Zone Depot
- California State Fairgrounds
Sacramento Army Depot
Sacramento District Engineer Weir Yard
Sacramento Engineer Depot
Sacramento Post
Sacramento Signal Depot
- Oakland Signal Sub-Depot
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Sacramento Valley Radio Transmitter Station
Salinas Garrison
San Bernardino Chemical Warfare Service Plant
San Bernardino Engineer Depot
- Ono-San Bernardino Engineer Sub-Depot (Camp Ono)
San Carlos War Dog Training Center
San Diego Barracks
San Fernando Prisoner of War Branch Camp
San Francisco Defense Area Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery 12
San Francisco Medical Depot
San Francisco Port Agency
San Francisco Port of Embarkation
- Emeryville Storage Area
- Fort Mason
- Fort McDowell
- Oakland Sub-Port
- Camp John T. Knight
- Parr Richmond Terminal Military Reservation
San Francisco Quartermaster Depot, 1847-1928
San Francisco Quartermaster Market Center
San Joaquin Fairgrounds Prisoner of War Branch Camp
San Joaquin Prisoner of War Branch Camp
San Luis Obispo Post
San Ysidro Post
Santa Barbara Army Ground Forces-Army Service Forces Redistribution Point
Santa Monica Recreational Camp
Santee Camp
Saticoy Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Scorpion Point Camp
Shafter Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Sharpe Army Depot
- Alameda Annex
- Field Annex
- Stockton Storage Activity
Sharpe General Depot
- Alameda Annex
- Field Annex
- Stockton Annex/Stockton Storage Activity
Shoemaker Prisoner of War Camp
Sierra Ordnance Depot
Sierra Army Depot
Soledad Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Sonoma Barracks
Sonoma Post
Stockton Holding and Reconsignment Point
Stockton Motor Repair Depot
Stockton Ordnance Depot
- Bacon Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Benicia Arsenal Branch Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Bouldin Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Camp Kohler Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Clarksburg Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- DeWitt General Hospital Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- King Island Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Lathrop Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- McClellan Field Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Sacramento Signal Depot Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- San Joaquin Fairgrounds Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Upper Jones Tract Prisoner of War Branch Camp
- Vernalis Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Sunnyvale Ordnance Depot
Sycamore Grove Camp
Tachi Farms Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Tagus Ranch Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Tecate Post
The Brothers and Sisters and Marin Islands Military Reservation
Thornton Beach Military Reservation
Tipton Prisoner of War Tipton Camp
Torrence Engineer Refinery Battalion Camp
Torrence Station Hospital
Torney General Hospital
- Prisoner of War Camp
Tracy Army Depot
Tracy Quartermaster Depot
Tranquility Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Treasure Island Prisoner of War Camp
Trinidad Camp
Two Rock Ranch Station
Tulare Fairgrounds Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Tule Lake Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Turlock Chemical Warfare Service Plant
Turlock Rehabilitation Center
US Army Strategic Communications Command Davis Facility
US Army Strategic Communications Command Middletown Facility
Upper Jones Tract Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Van Nuys General Hospital
Vernalis Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Vernalis Reconditioning Center
Walegra Engineer Depot
Warner's Ranch Camp
West Coast Relay and Transmitter Station
West Los Angeles Area Station Hospital
Western Remount Area Reception and Training Center
Western Signal Corps School
Wilmington Depot
Windsor Branch Prisoner of War Camp
Yeager Creek Crossing Camp
Yermo Holding and Reconsignment Point
Yermo Quartermaster Sub-Depot
The Posts at Benicia
The Posts at Monterey
The Posts at San Bernardino


Harbor Defense Posts

Harbor Defenses of San Diego

Castillo de Guijarros
Fort Rosecrans (Including Castillo de Guijarros and Point Loma Military Reservation)
- Buried with Honor: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery
Fort Emory
Fort Pio Pico
Coronado Beach Military Reservation
LaJolla-Hermosa Fire Control Station
Mexican Border Fire Control Station

Harbor Defenses of Los Angeles

Fort MacArthur
- Battery Barlow Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Construction 241 Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Erwin Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Farley Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Leary Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Merriam Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Osgood Fort MacArthur Museum
- Battery Saxton Fort MacArthur Museum
- Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Batteries Fort MacArthur Museum
- Antiaircraft Batteries Fort MacArthur Museum
Bolsa Chica Military Reservation
- Battery Construction 128 Fort MacArthur Museum
  - Battery Construction 128 Report of Completed Works Form 7
- Battery Harry J. Harrison (Battery Construction 242) Fort MacArthur Museum
  - Battery Harry J. Harrison Diagram
Abalone Point Fire Control Station
Deadman's Island Military Reservation
- Battery Lodor Fort MacArthur Museum
Fire Control Site No. 2, Bluff Cove
Long Point Military Reservation
Mannhatten Beach Military Reservation
- Battery Eubanks Fort MacArthur Museum
Playa Del Ray Fire Control Station
Point Vincente Military Reservation
- Battery Harry C. Barnes Fort MacArthur Museum
White Point Military Reservation
- Battery Paul D. Bunker Fort MacArthur Museum
Tactical Battery 2 (Ventura)
Tactical Battery 3 (Oxnard)
Camp Seaside
Port Hueneme Gun Emplacements

Harbor Defenses of San Francisco

Fort McDowell (including Camp Reynolds and the Post at Angel Island)
- Battery Drew
- Stuart Point Battery
Alcatraz Island
- Fortress Alcatraz National Park Service
- Post at Alcatraz Island
- The Citadel at Alcatraz
Castillo de San Joaquin andthe Fort at Fort Point
- Castillo de San Joaquin
- Fort Point
Lime Point Military Reservation, Fort at Lime Point, and Fort Baker (Marin County)
- Battery Cavallo
  - History of the Coast Defenses of San Francisco and Significance of Battery Cavallo
- Battery Duncan
- Battery Yates
- Battery Spencer
- Ridge Battery
Fort Barry
- Battery Alexander
- Battery Mendell
- Battery Patrick O'Rorke
- Batteries Samuel Rathbone and James McIndoe
- Batteries Hamilton Smith and Edwin Guthrie
- Battery Elmer J. Wallace
- Battery Construction 129
Fort Cronkhite
Fort Funston
- Battery Bluff
- Battery Richmond P. Davis
- Battery Walter Howe
- Battery Lawerence L. Bruff
- Anti-Aircraft Battery
Fort Miley and Point Lobos Military Reservation
- Battery Loren H. Call
- Battery Construction 243
- Battery James Chester
- Batteries LaRhett Livingston and Anton Springer
Fort Winfield Scott
- Battery Baldwin
- Battery Blaney
- Battery Boutelle
- Battery Lowell Chamberlin
- Battery Cranston
- Battery Crosby
- Battery Dynamite
- Battery Godfrey
- Batteries Howe and Arthur Wagner
- Battery Lancaster
- Battery Marcus Miller
- Battery Saffold
- Batteries Stotsenburg and William McKinnon
Bolinas Military Reservation
Bolinas Point Military Reservation
China Beach Bivouac Area
Devils Slide Military Reservation
Frank Valley Military Reservation
Hill 640 Military Reservation
Little Devils Slide Military Reservation
Milagra Ridge Military Reservation
Mussell Rock Fire Control Station
Naval Ammunition Depot Hill Anti-Aircraft Station
Oakland Anti-Aircraft Station
Pillar Point Military Reservation
Point Reyes Fire Control Station
San Francisco Anti-Aircraft Station
Shoveland Park Anti-Aircraft Station
Stinson Beach Fire Control Station
Vallejo Anti-Aircraft Station
Vallejo Barrage Ballon Site
Wild Cat Military Reservation
Yerba Buena Island Submarine Mine Depot
The Posts at San Francisco's Point San Jose
- Battery Burnham
- Point San Jose Batteries
- Fort Mason's Historic McDowell Hall
Forts Under the Sea: Submarine Mine Defense of San Francisco Bay

Nike-Ajax and Nike-Hercules Missile Sites

Los Angeles Defense Area Fort MacArthur Museum

San Francisco Defense Area

Site SF-08 San Pablo Ridge Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-09 San Pablo Ridge/ Berkeley Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-25 Rocky Ridge
Site SF-31 Lake Chabot/ Castro Valley Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-37 Coyote Hills/ Newark Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-51 Milagra /Pacifica Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-59 Fort Funston/ Mt. San Bruno
Site SF-61R Fort Funston
Site SF-77H Presidio of San Francisco Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-78H Presidio of San Francisco Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-87 Fort Cronkhite/ Sausalito Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-88, Fort Barry
Site SF-89 Presidio of San Francisco (Fort Winfield Scott) Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-90DC Mount Tamalpais
Site SF-91 Angel Island Jef Poskanzer
Site SF-93 San Rafael

Travis Defense Area

Wartime Civil Control Administration Installations

Arboga Assembly Center

Fresno Assembly Center

Owens Valley Reception Center

Marysville Assembly Center

Merced Assembly Center

Pinedale Assembly Center

Pomona Assembly Center

Sacramento Assembly Center

Santa Anita Assembly Center

Salinas Assembly Center

Tanforan Assembly Center

Turlock Assembly Center

War Relocation Authority Installation

Manzanar Relocation Center


California National Guard and State Guard Installations, Armories and Ranges

Almaden Rifle Range

California State Guard Hospital

Camp Allen (Santa Cruz County)

Camp at Sacramento

Camps at Santa Rosa

Camp Calexico

Camp Columbus

Camp Grass Valley

Camp Harry L. Hopkins

Camp Pine Grove

Camp Roberts

Camp Rubidoux

Camp San Luis Obispo

Camp Strickland

Camp Temescal

Camp Whitmore

Camp William Franklin Clark

Camp William B. Roe

Chino Supply Depot

Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos

Marion Davies War Work Hospital

West Los Angeles Base Hospital

Navy

Amphibious Training Base, Castroville
Amphibious Training Base, Coranado
- Prisoner of War Camp
Amphibious Training Base, Morro Bay
Anaheim Airport
Antioch Bombing Target
Big Lagoon Bombing Target Number 12
Camp Kidd
Camp Michael Mansoor
Camp Morena
Camp Parks
Camp Rousseau
Camp Shoemaker
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland
- Alameda Annex
Floating Drydock Training Center Annex, Tiburon
Gustine Bombing Target No. 22
Lake Chabot Machine Gun Range
Livermore Gunnery Range
Military Training Area, Oxnard Shores
Modoc Aerial Gunnery and Bombing Range
Monterey Section Base
Morro Bay Section Base
Mountain Warfare Training Facility, La Posta
Naval Air Base, Terminal Island
Naval Air Facility, Inyokern
Naval Air Facility, Salton Sea
Naval Air Facility, Thermal
Naval Air Facility, Treasure Island
Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu
Naval Air Reserve Base, Long Beach
Naval Air Reserve Base, Oakland
Naval Air Station, Alameda
Naval Air Station, Imperial Beach
Naval Air Station, Lemoore
Naval Air Station, Livermore
- Livermore Gunnery Range
- Naval Outlying Field, Livermore
Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos
- Anaheim Airport
Naval Air Station, Miramar
Naval Air Station, Moffett Field
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Eureka
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Watsonville
- Naval Outlying Field, Half Moon Bay
Naval Air Station, Mojave
Naval Air Station, North Island
Naval Air Station, Oakland
Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale
Naval Air Station, Terminal Island
Naval Air Station, San Diego
Naval Air Station, San Pedro
Naval Air Station (Lighter Than Air), Santa Ana
Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake
Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu
Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Del Mar
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Eureka
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Mills Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, San Clemente Island
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Treasure Island
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Vernalis
Naval Auxiliary Air Facility, Watsonville
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Arcata
- Big Lagoon Bombing Target Number 12
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Brown Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Camp Kearny
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Crows Landing
Naval Auxiliary Air Station (Lighter Than Air), Eureka
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Hollister
- Hollister Bombing Target Number 5
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Holtville
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Imperial Beach
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, King City
- Hunter Liggett Rocket Target Number 28
Naval Auxiliary Air Station (Lighter Than Air), Lompoc
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Long Beach
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Mendocino
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Miramar
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Monterey
- Naval Outlying Field, San Luis Obispo
- Emergency Seaplane Landing, Monterey Bay
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Oakland
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Otay Mesa
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Paso Robles
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Ream Field
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Salton Sea
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, San Clemente Island
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, San Nicolas Island
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Santa Rosa
- Naval Outlying Field, Cotati
- Naval Outlying Field, Mendocino
- Petaluma Rocket Target Number 9
- Jenner Bombing Target Number 29
- Stewart's Point Bombing Target
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Twentynine Palms
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Ventura County
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Vernalis
- Naval Outlying Field, Tracy
- Vernalis Bombing Target Number 6
Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Watsonville
- Watsonville Bombing Target Number 8
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, San Clemente Island
Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, San Nicolas Island
Naval Base Coranado
- Naval Air Station, North Island
- Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado
- Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, San Clemente Island
- Silver Strand Training Complex
- Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Training Facility, Warner Springs
- Mountain Warfare Training Facility, La Posta
Naval Coaling Station, California City
Naval Contruction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme
Naval Convalescent Hospital, Banning
Naval Convalescent Hospital, Beaumont
Naval Hospital, Corona
- Sprada Annex
Naval Hospital, Long Beach
Naval Hospital, Oak Knoll
Naval Hospital, Oakland
Naval Hospital, Shoemaker
Naval Industrial Reserve Repair Facility, Oakland
Naval Landing Force Equipment Depot, Albany
Naval Missile Center, Point Mugu
Naval Net Depot, Tiburon
- Floating Drydock Training Center Annex, Tiburon
Naval Operating Base, Long Beach
Naval Operating Base, San Pedro
- The City of Los Angeles: An Inland City with the First Submarine Base on the Pacific Coast
Naval Ordnance Labratory, Corona
Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake
Naval Outlying Field, Abel
Naval Outlying Field, Clear Lake
Naval Outlying Field, Concord
Naval Outlying Field, Cotati
Naval Outlying Field, Crescent City
Naval Outlying Field, Half Moon Bay
Naval Outlying Field, Imperial Beach
Naval Outlying Field, Little River
Naval Outlying Field, Livermore
Naval Outlying Field, Madera
Naval Outlying Field, Paso Robles
Naval Outlying Field, San Luis Obispo
Naval Outlying Field, San Nicolas Island
Naval Outlying Field, Sand Hill
Naval Outlying Field, Santa Rosa
Naval Outlying Field, Tulare Lake
Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey
Naval Radio Station, Castroville
Naval Regional Medical Center, Oakland
Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point
Naval Shipyard, Long Beach
Naval Shipyard, Mare Island
- Mare Island: A Navy Yard is Born
- The Early Submarines of Mare Island
Naval Shipyard, San Francisco
Naval Supply Center, Oakland
- Alameda Annex
Naval Supply Depot, Oakland
Naval Station, Long Beach
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division
Naval Training Center, San Diego
Naval Training Station, Camp Kidd
Naval Weapons Center, China Lake
Pacific Missile Range
Pacific Missile Test Center
Reeves Field
San Clemente Island Range Complex
Silver Strand Training Complex
Siskiyou Bombing Range
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego - Old Town Campus
Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Training Facility, Warner Springs
Trinidad Bombing Target
Major Navy and Marine Corps Installations During World War II




Marine Corps

General Histories


Specific Installations

Air Force (to include Army Air Corps, Army Air Forces and Contract Training Fields)

Major Army Air Force Installations During World War II
Air Corps Station, San Rafael
Air Corps Cadet Replacement Training Center
Air Force Plant 9, Inglewood
Air Force Plant 10, Hawthorne
Air Force Plant 14, Burbank
Air Force Plant 15, Long Beach
Air Force Plant 16, Downey
Air Force Plant 19. San Diego
Air Force Plant 34, Pasadena
Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale
Air Force Plant 56, Canoga Park
Air Force Plant 57, Santa Susana
Air Force Plant 64, Chatsworth
Air Force Plant 70, Rancho Cordova
Air Force Plant 71, Folsom
Air Force Plant 72, Boron
Air Force Plant 76, Bakersfield
Air Force Plant 82, Los Angeles
Alessandro Flying Training Field
Alameda Intransit Depot
Allen Auxiliary Field
Almaden Air Force Station
Army Air Forces Basic Training Center No. 8
Aviation Cadet Replacement Training Center
Aviation Field
Baker Gap Filler Annex
Bakersfield Army Air Field
Bakersfield Municipal Airport
Ballico Auxilary Field
Banning Airport
Beale Air Force Base
- Titan Complex 4A
- Titan Complex 4B
- Titan Complex 4C
Beale Air Force Base Instrument Landing System Outer Marker Annex
Beale Air Force Base Terminal VHF Omni Range Annex
Big Bear City Airport
Birds Landing Direction Finder Station
Bishop Army Air Field
Black Point Communications Annex
Blythe Army Air Field
Boron Air Force Station
Bulk Fuel Storage Facilities
Cal Aero Academy
Calistoga Radio Beacon Annex
Call Mountain Radio Relay Annex
Cambria Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Cambria Radar Site
Camp Cactus
Camp Commander
Camp Cua
Camp Daly City
Camp Ibis Army Air Field
Camp Kohler
Camp Mailbu
Camp Montara
Camp Pinedale
- Camp Visalia
Camp Rathke
Camp Sequoia
Camp Visalia
Camp Wawona
Campbell Auxiliary Field
Capetown Gap Filler Annex
Carmel Radar Site
Castle Field
Castle Air Force Base
Castle Air Force Base Communications Annex
Channel Islands Air National Guard Base
Cheli Air Force Station
Chico Army Air Field
- Orlando Auxiliary Field No. 1
- Kirkwood Auxiliary Field No. 2
- Vina Auxiliary Field No. 3
- Campbell Auxiliary Field No. 4
- Oroville Auxiliary Field No. 5
- Willows Municipal Airport
- Civilian War Housing Project
Chino Airport
Clover Field
Coalinga Emergency Landing Field
Concord Army Air Field
Condor Field
Conners Auxiliary Field
Cooke Air Force Base
Daggett Municipal Airport
Daugherty Field
Davis Communications Annex
Delano Army Air Field
Desert Center Army Air Field
Dos Palos Radar Site
Dunlap Auxiliary Field
Eagle Field
East Field
Edwards Air Force Base
El Centro Radar Site
Elk Grove Auxiliary Field
Estrella Army Air Field
Eureka Auxiliary Field
Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base
Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base
False Cape Radar Site
Fort Bragg Radar Site
Franklin Auxiliary Field
Fresno Air National Guard Base
Fresno Army Air Base
Fresno Army Air Forces Training Center
Fresno Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
Fresno Ground Training Center
Gardner Fieldb
- Parker Auxiliary Field No. 1
- Kern Auxiliary Field No. 2
- Allen Auxiliary Field No. 3
- Conners Auxiliary Field No. 4
- Kern Auxiliary Field Number 5
- Cuyama Auxiliary Field No. 6
Gary Field
George Air Force Base
Goffs Army Air Field
Goleta Radar Site
Grand Central Air Terminal
Gualala Radar Site
Half Moon Bay Flight Strip
Half Moon Bay Radar Site
Hamilton Field
- Eureka Auxiliary Field
- Montague Auxiliary Field
- Napa County Airport Auxiliary Field
- Sutterville Auxiliary Field
- Willows Auxiliary Field
- Lake Pillsbury Recreation Camp
Hamilton Air Force Base
- Black Point Communications Annex
- Calistoga Radio Beacon Annex
- Mount Pierce Radio Relay Annex
- Lake Pillsbury Recreation Camp
Hammer Army Air Field
- Mount Owen Rifle Range
Hayfork Gap Filler Annex Air Defense Radar Musum
Hayward Air National Guard Base
Hayward Army Air Field
Huron Auxiliary Field
Indian Auxiliary Field
Inyokern Auxiliary Field
Kingsbury Auxiliary Field
Kirkwood Auxiliary Field
Klamath Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
- Capetown Gap Filler Annex
Klamath Radar Site
Jenner Radar Site
Janesville Gap Filler Annex
La Jolla Aircraft Warning Service Station
Lake Pillsbury Recreation Camp
Lemoore Army Air Field
- Lemoore Auxiliary Field A-1
- Huron Auxiliary Field A-2
- Indian Auxiliary Field A-3
- Murray Auxiliary Field A-4
- West Auxiliary Field A-5
- Summit Lake Auxiliary Field A-6
- Helm Auxiliary Field A-7
Lemoore Auxiliary Field
Lemoore Emergency Landing Field
Lerdo Field
Liberty Field
Lincoln Auxiliary Field
Lockheed Air Terminal
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Lomita Flight Strip
Lompoc Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Long Beach Army Air Field
Long Beach Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 8
Long Beach Municipal Airport
Lookout Mountain Air Force Station
Los Angeles Air Force Base
Los Angeles Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
Los Angeles Intransit Depot
Los Angeles Municipal Airport
Madera Air Force Station
Madera Municipal Airport
Manzanar Army Air Field
Maywood Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
Mather Air Force Base
Mather Field
- Lincoln Auxiliary Field No. 2
- Franklin Auxiliary Field No. 3
- Elk Grove Auxiliary Field No. 5
March Air Force Base
March Air Reserve Base
March Field
- Buffalo Springs Airport
- Needles Auxiliary Field
Marysville Army Air Field
Maywood Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
McClellan Air Force Base
- Davis Communications Annex
McClellan Field
- California State Fairgrounds
- Madera Municipal Airport
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Merced Army Air Field
- Merced Municipal Airport Auxilary Field No. 1
- Ballico Auxilary Field No. 2
- Howard Auxilary Field No. 3
- Athlone Auxilary Field No. 4
- Potter Auxilary Field No. 5
- New Merced Municipal Airport Auxilary Field No. 6
- Mariposa Auxilary Field
Mill Valley Air Force Station
Mills Field Municipal Airport
Mines Field
Minter Field
- Delano Auxiliary Field
- Lost Hills Auxiliary Field A-8
- Dunlap Auxiliary Field A-4
- Poso Auxiliary Field A-6
- Wasco Auxiliary Field A-1
- Famosa Auxiliary Field A-3
- Semitropic Auxiliary Field A-5
- Minter Auxiliary Fields No. 1 & No. 2
Mira Loma Air Force Station
Mira Loma Flight Academy
Mission Beach Radar Site
Moffett Field
Moffett Field Air National Guard Base
Mount Laguna Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Mount Martell Air National Guard Radio Relay Site
Mount Owen Rifle Range
Mount Pierce Radio Relay Annex
Mount Tamalpais Radar Site
Muroc Air Force Base
Muroc Army Air Base
Muroc Army Air Field
- Inyokern Auxiliary Field
Muroc Bombing Field
Muroc Flight Test Base
Muroc Lack Army Air Base
Muroc Lake Bombing and Gunnery Range
Needles Airport
Napa Army Air Field
Napa Flight Strip
Needles Army Air Field
New Jeruselum Auxiliary Field
North Island Aviation Camp
Norton Air Force Base
Oakland Army Air Forces Intransit Depot No. 3
Oakland Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
Oakland Municipal Airport
Oildale Field
Oceanside Radar Site
Olema Radar Site
Oneonta Gunnery School Field
Onizuka Air Force Base
Ontario Air National Guard Base
Ontario Air National Guard Station
Ontario Army Air Field
Ontario Observation Aerodrome
Ontario Army Air Forces Specialized Storage Depot
Orange County Army Air Field
Oroville Army Air Field
Oroville Auxiliary Field
Oroville Presicion Bombing Range
Oroville Gap Filler Annex
Otay Mesa Radar Site
Oxnard Air Force Base
Oxnard Flight Strip
Oxnard Radar Site
Pacific Air Depot
Palmdale Army Air Field
Palms Spring Army Air Field
Parks Air Force Base
Pillar Point Air Station
Pillar Point Air Force Station
Point Arena Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Point Arguello Radar Site
Point Conception Radar Site
Point Dume Radar Site
Point Montara Radar Site
Point Sur Radar Site
Polaris Flight Academy
Porterville Army Air Field
Protero Hills Storage Annex
Radar Site L-1 (Oceanside)
Radar Site B-3/J-4 (San Clemente Island)
Radar Site B-5 (La Jolla)
Radar Site L-6 (Mission Beach)
Radar Site B-8/J-8 (Otay Mountain)
Radar Site F-9 (La Mesa)
Radar Site B-30 (Point Arguello)
Radar Site J-31 (Point Conception)
Radar Site J-33/X-33 (Goleta)
Radar Site L-35 (Oxnard)
Radar Site L-38 (Half Moon Bay)
Radar Site B-36 (Point Dume)
Radar Site B-41/J-41 (Santa Catalina Island)
Radar Site J-42 San Nicholas Island
Radar Site B-71 (Klamath River)
Radar Site B-74 (Fort Bragg)
Radar Site B-75 (Gualala)
Radar Site B-76/J-76 (Jenner)
Radar Site J-77 (Olema)
Radar Site B-78 (Mount Tamalpais)
Radar Site J-80 (Point Montera)
Radar Site L-82 (Half Moon Bay)
Radar Site F-83 (Dos Palos)
Radar Site (B-84 (Pigeon Point)
Radar Site B-85 (Carmel/Point Sur)
Radar Site B-86 (Cambria)
Ream Field
Red Bluff Air Force Station
- Whitmore Gap Filler Annex Air Defense Radar Museum
- Hayfork Gap Filler Annex Air Defense Radar Musum
- Janesville Gap Filler Annex
Redding Airdrome
Redding Army Air Field
Rice Army Air Field
Rockwell Field
Ross Field
- The Army Balloon School: Ross Field
Russell City Army Air Field
Ryan Airport
Sacramento Air Depot
Sacramento Army Air Field
Sacramento Municipal Airport
Salinas Army Air Base
- Fremont Peak Radar Training Site
- Half Moon Bay Flight Strip
Saline Valley Bombing Range
San Bernardino Air Force Base
San Bernardino Army Air Field
San Clemente Island Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
San Clemente Island Radar Site
San Diego Municipal Airport
San Francisco Air Force Reserve Recovery Center
San Jose Airport
San Luis Obispo County Airport
San Nicholas Island Army Air Field
San Nicholas Island Radar Site
San Pedro Hill Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Santa Ana Army Air Base
- Prisoner of War Branch Camp
Santa Ana Radar Site
Santa Catalina Island Radar Site
Santa Maria Army Air Field
Santa Monica Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
Santa Rosa Army Air Field
- Air to Ground Gunnary Range
- Bodega Bay Bombing Range
- Drakes Bay Bombing Range
Santa Rosa Island Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Santa Rosa Island Radar Site
Shafter Air Force Station
Shafter Gap Filler Annex
Shavers Summit Army Air Field
Sherwood Field
Siskiyou County Airport
Siskiyou Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants Annex
Squaw Mountain Gap Filler Annex
Stockton Air Force Station
Stockton Army Air Forces Depot
Stockton Classification Yard
Stockton Field
- Kingsbury Auxiliary Field No. 1
- New Jeruselum Auxiliary Field No. 3
- Modesto Auxiliary Field No. 4
- Tracy Auxiliary Field No. 5
- Franklin Auxiliary Field No. 6
- Winters-Davis Auxiliary Field, No. 7
Sutterville Auxiliary Field
Thermal Army Air Field
Thermal Ground Support Base
Trinity Radar Site
Tule Lake Air Force Station Air Defense Radar Museum
Travis Air Force Base
- BOMARC in California
- Travis Defense Area
- Protero Hills Storage Annex
Vandenberg Air Force Base
- BOMARC in California
Van Nuys Air National Guard Base
Van Nuys Army Air Field
Vernalis Geophysics Annex
Victorville Air Force Base
Victorville Army Air Field
- Hawes Auxiliary Field No. 1
- Helendale Auxiliary Field No. 2
- Mirage Auxilary Field No. 3
- Grey Butte Auxiliary Field No. 4
- Mirage Lake Glider School
Vina Auxilary Field
Visalia Army Air Field
Yreka Gap Filler Annex Air Defense Radar Museum
War Eagle Field
- Liberty Auxiliary Field No. 1
West Auxiliary Field
West Coast Air Corps Training Center
Whitmore Gap Filler Annex Air Defense Radar Museum
Willows Municipal Airport
Winters-Davis Flight Strip


Coast Guard



Defense Logistics Agency

Defense Alameda Facility

Defense Depot Tracy

Defense Distribution Center San Joaquin

Spanish and Mexican Armies


Russian-American Fur Company

Fort Ross
Fort Rossiya
Settler, Trading and Vigilante Forts


UPDATED 11 October 2010
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