Camp Las Casas

Camp Las Casas
Santurce, Puerto Rico
Officer Staff of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry (c.1906) at Camp Las Casas
Location of Las Casas area in Santurce.
Coordinates18°25′57″N 66°02′25″W / 18.43250°N 66.04028°W / 18.43250; -66.04028
TypeMilitary base
Site information
Controlled byFormerly by the U.S. Army
Site history
Built1904 (1904)
In use1904–1946
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
Garrison information
Garrison65th Infantry Regiment

Camp Las Casas was a United States military installation established in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1904. The camp was the main training base of the "Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry," [note 1] a segregated U.S. Army Regiment which was later renamed the "65th Infantry Regiment." The base continued in operation until 1946, when it was closed.
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