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  2. Amphibious Training Base Morro Bay - Wikipedia

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    Amphibious Training Base Morro Bay also called Camp Morro Bay and Morro Bay Section Base was a US Navy training base for amphibious beach assault during World War II. The base opened in 1941 to train troops for the Pacific theater of operations' island leapfrogging using landing craft and LCVP. The base was located in Morro Bay, California in ...

  3. US Amphibious Training Base - Wikipedia

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    Common boats starting in World War II were LCP boats, Landing craft tank and Landing Craft Mechanized boats. [20] [26] [27] [28] Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT), known as Gators and Buffalos were widely used in the Pacific War from 1942 to 1945. [29] [30] The DUKW, an amphibious truck, was used in all fronts in World War II. [31]

  4. Morro Bay, California - Wikipedia

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    A subspecies of butterfly, the "Morro Bay Blue" or " Morro Blue" (Icaricia icarioides moroensis) was first found at Morro beach, by the entomologist Robert F. Sternitzky, in June 1929. [18] During World War II, there was a U.S. Navy base, Amphibious Training Base Morro Bay on the north side of Morro Rock where sailors were trained to operate ...

  5. Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Matagorda Peninsula Army Airfield is a closed military airfield, located on Matagorda Island, Texas. It was used during World War II as a training airfield by the 77th Flying Training Wing, Army Air Forces Central Flying Training Command.

  6. Texas World War II Army airfields - Wikipedia

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    During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces established numerous airfields in Texas for training pilots and aircrews. The amount of available land and the temperate climate made Texas a prime location for year-round military training. By the end of the war, 65 Army airfields were built in the state. [1]

  7. 149th Armored Regiment - Wikipedia

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    When the United States was drawn into World War II by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Company C was in defensive positions around Clark Field, where on 8 December the first Japanese attacks occurred leading to the destruction of half of the Far East Air Force; [c] of the nine Japanese fighters shot down that day, Private ...

  8. Camp San Luis Obispo - Wikipedia

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    State Route 1 passes through the camp about halfway between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo. Since World War II, the camp has had an area of 15,433 acres (62 km 2). [2] The camp originally comprised 6,274 acres (25 km 2), and a further 9,159 acres (37 km 2) was acquired during 1941. During World War II, the camp had quarters for ...

  9. US Naval Advance Bases - Wikipedia

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    Naval Base Emirau Homestead Lagoon, Emirau Island, Hamburg Bay - Base, PT Boats, minor repair base, depots, 3 hospitals, sawmill, two 7,000 foot runways: Inshore and North Cape (1944–1945) Henderson Field (Guadalcanal), - Base (Guadalcanal campaign) Savo Island - Base (Battle of Savo Island) Munda Point Airfield, Naval Airbase