January 12, 1944 - Camp Elliott

 In September 1942, Camp Elliott became the home of the Fleet Marine Force Training Center, West Coast with the mission of training individual replacements for combat duty. In January 1942, with over 10,000 Marines in the San Diego area, the 2nd Marine Division, under the command of Major-General C. F. B. Price, assembled at Camp Elliott and assumed the responsibility for the conduct of the training there. Although thousands of Marines passed through Camp Elliott enroute to Pacific duty, even this area could not meet the expansion needs for the training of the overseas replacements.

Barracks at Camp Elliott

Daddy was briefly at Camp Elliott from Jan 12, 1944 to Jan 23, 1944 when he sailed for New Caledonia.