CAMP BOUSE
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NAME: Camp Bouse COUNTY: La Paz ROADS: 2WD LEGAL INFO: 1 CLIMATE: Hot Summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Late Fall to early Spring |
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Top Secret WWII Tank training base. Midway between Swansea and Alamo Lake in the Butler valley north of Bouse. REMAINS: Foundations, roads footpaths, Division insignia. |
| Established in 1942 by Gen George Patton as one of the eleven bases of his "Desert Training Center". 9000 GI's were housed there. Training was conducted with the secret "Canal Defense Light". Dismantled and abandoned in 1945. A few foundations, Roads, rock foot paths, rock decorations and the Division insignia laid out in rock are all that remain. Submitted by: Tim Manley |
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