Camp Granite
The Camp Granite 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 were General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Granite was designated a California Historic Landmark (No.985.2). The site of the Camp Granite is 45 miles East of Indio, California off Interstate 10 and California State Route 62 near the Granite Mountains. Built in the spring of 1943, Camp Granite was built to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War  II. The original camp had to quickly be move higher ground due to flooding. At Camp Granite were stationed the 90th Infantry Division and 104th Infantry Divisions. Among the smaller units known to have been stationed at Camp Granite were the 76th Field Artillery Regiment and the 413th Infantry Regiment. XV Corps (United States) used Camp Granite as there headquarters from July- 1943 to November 1943. When completed the camp had 40 shower buildings, 157 latrines, 191 wooden tent frames, and a 50,000-gallon water tank. The camp had an artillery ranges and small firearms range. Targets were towed behind  planes for the .30-caliber antiaircraft and .50-caliber antiaircraft guns. There were also ranges for M101 howitzer and 57 mm guns. The trained troops went on to fight in the North African campaign. The army used live-fire exercises and warning signs are still on the site. The camp used the near by US Army Camp Iron Mountain Airfield for air support. Palen Pass. Palen Pass in the Palen Mountains was the site of major maneuvers. The pass was both used as a place for troop to built defenses and as target for artillery training. Lockheed P-38 Lightnings bombed  and attacked ground targets in the pass on August 20, 1943. Marker. Marker on the Riverside, California site reads: