The California-Arizona Manuever Area (CAMA, also known as the Desert Training Center) was a branch camp under Camp Florence in Arizona. It covered three states: California in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Imperial and Riverside Counties; Arizona in Yuma, La Paz, Maricopa, and Mohave Counties; and Nevada in Clark County. CAMA was transferred to the 9th Service Command on 30 April 1944. POWs were held at some or all of the locations below.
Banning General Hospital, Banning, Riverside County, California
Bouse (Camp), La Paz County, Arizona, named for the nearest town.
Blythe Army Air Field, Riverside County, California
Cherry Valley Hospital, Beaumont, Riverside County, California
Coxcomb (Camp), Riverside County, California
Desert Center Army Air Field, Riverside County, California, named for the nearest town.
Essex (Camp), San Bernardino County, California (next to Camp Clipper)
Goffs (Camp), San Bernardino County, California (also known as Camp Clipper, but nearest the town of Goffs).
Granite (Camp), Riverside County, California - Sp 1942. 45 miles East of Indio on I-10, North on Highway 62 for 5.4 miles.
Horn (Camp), Yuma County, Arizona - on Palomas-Hyder Road parallel and north of the Gila River River and Hwy. 8.
Hyder (Camp), Yuma County, Arizona - on Palomas-Hyder Road parallel and north of the Gila River River and Hwy. 8, named for the nearest town.
Ibis (Camp), San Bernardino County, California -Sp 1942. 8 miles East of Needles on Highway 40, go North on Highway 95 for 1.9 miles.
Indio Rail Transportation Office, Riverside County, California
Iron Mountain (Camp), San Bernardino County, California
Irwin (Camp George), San Bernardino County, California (later Fort Irwin)
Laguna (Camp), Riverside County, California, near Imperial Dam on the Colorado River.
Needles Airport, San Bernardino County, California
Needles Station Hospital, Needles, San Bernardino County, California
Ono (Camp), San Bernardino County, California (see Mira Loma Quartermaster Supply Depot)
Palen Pass Defensive Area, Riverside County, California
Pilot Knob (Camp), Imperial County, California - Sp 1943. On Sidewinder Road, 200 yards North of I-8, town of Felicity.
Pomona Ordnance Depot, Pomona, Los Angeles County, California (base camp)
Rice Army Air Field, San Bernardino County, California, named for the nearest town.
San Bernardino Replacement Depot, San Bernardino County, California
Shaver's Army Air Field, Riverside County, California (next to Camp Young at Shaver's Summit, now known as Chiriaco Summit)
Spadra General Hospital at Spadra, Los Angeles County, California
Thermal Army Air Field, Riverside County, California
Young (Camp), Riverside County, California - Sp 1942. 28 miles east of Indio on I-10, at Chiriaco Summit.
Yuma Station Hospital, Yuma County, Arizona
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