Camp Stoneman
For other uses, see Camp Stoneman (disambiguation).
World War II combat survivors of Company B, 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division, at Camp Stoneman in December 1945.
Camp Stoneman was a United States Army military facility located in Pittsburg, California. It served as a major staging area for the Army in World War II and the Korean War.
Named after George Stoneman, a cavalry commander during the Civil War, the camp was activated in 1942 and decommissioned as a military post in 1954.
Units staged at Camp Stoneman
- 2nd Infantry Division
- 172nd Infantry Regiment
- 4th Engineer Special Brigade
- 7th Cavalry Regiment
- 805th Engineer Aviation Battalion
- 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment[1]
345th Bombardment Group (Air Apaches)
References
- ↑ "2d Filipino Battalion (Separate) (Formerly 1st Battalion, 2d Filipino Regiment) Service Summary". history.army.mil. United States Army. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- The California State Military Museum
Coordinates: 38°00′33.5″N 121°53′11.65″W / 38.009306°N 121.8865694°W
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