| Camp Horn | |
|---|---|
 Jeep at Camp Horn in 1943 | |
| Location | Camp Horn, Arizona |
| Coordinates | 32°57′N 113°32′W / 32.95°N 113.53°W |
| Built | fall of 1943 |
| Architect | US Army |
  Location of Camp Horn in Arizona | |
The Camp Horn was a sub camp of the US Army, Desert Training Center in Riverside County, California. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, this is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Horn was near Camp Hyder about 6 miles (9.7 km) miles west of Hyder, Arizona. Camp Horn was just north of the Gila River. Camp Horn was 54 miles (87 km) miles east of Yuma, Arizona. Most troop arrived at Camp Horn from the train station at Camp Hyder or the train station at Sentinel, Arizona south of the camp. Over 13,000 troops were trained at Camp Horn and Camp Hyder. The 81st Infantry Division trained at Camp Horn was from June 1943 to November 1943.[1][2][3][4]
Camp Horn was built in the fall of 1943. Camp Horn was built to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War II. When completed the camp had shower buildings, latrines, wooden tent frames, outdoor theater, firing ranges, water storage tanks and water treatment plant. Near the camp in Agua Caliente, Arizona the army built the Agua Caliente natural hot spring for the troops to use, this in on the land of the Agua Caliente Ranch. The only remains of Camp Horn are rock lines walkways and road.[5][6][7]
- ^ historicalmarkerproject.com Camp horn
- ^ US Army, Camp Horn and Camp Hyder, Arizona, Once prominent, now forgotten:In the desert they sleep
- ^ waymarking.com Camp Horn
- ^ US Army, Historic Properties Report: Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona, 1984
- ^ The Desert Training Center, “The Place that God Forgot”
- ^ Arizona Goes to War: The Home Front and the Front Lines During World War II, page 195
- ^ US Army, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona 2010