View of the Front Range From DTC

The Desert Training Center, also known as California–Arizona Maneuver Area, was a World War II training facility established in the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert, largely in Southern California and Western Arizona in 1942.
  • Built: 1942
  • In use: 1942–1944
  • Past commanders: Major General George S. Patton, Jr., April–August 1942.
  • Type: Army Training Area
Data from: en.wikipedia.org