The California-Arizona Manuever Area (CAMA) is a branch camp under Camp Florence in Arizona that covers 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/all of the locations below.
Banning General Hospital, Banning, Riverside County, California
Bouse (Camp), La Paz County, Arizona
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
Essex (Camp), San Bernardino County, California (later Camp Clipper)
Goffs (Camp), San Bernardino County, California
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 - 10 miles north of Dateland.
Hyder (Camp), Yuma County, Arizona - 10 miles north of Dateland.
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
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, 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
San Bernardino Replacement Depot, San Bernardino County, California
Shavers Army Air Field, Riverside County, California (next to Camp Young)
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, exit north at Chiriaco Summit.
Yuma Station Hospital, Yuma County, Arizona
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