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the depot was ordnance. At it peak the depot had 15,000 field troops and a field hospital with 1,100 beds. The depot was served by a station used by both AT & SF and Union Pacific, but the only a primitive dirt road. Many of the Italians at the depot came from Cucamonga, California were they picked oranges and grapes for the local farmers. The Italian Service Units returned to
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of the 101st, 106th and 318th Italian Engineer Base Depot Company worked at the San Bernardino Engineer Depot. The Italian Service Units maintain army vehicles, tanks, did tent repair and tent dyeing. The depot also trained troops on how to run supply depot overseas. The only supplies not handled at
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in November 1945. All operations were closed on June 30, 1947. and was later converted to a truck and munitions cleaning site. Several of the solvents used in the cleaning process were later discovered to be toxic. and the contaminated site is now part of the
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on 300 acres of land. The camp was four miles northwest of the City of
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It was used for housing of 499 Italian Prisoners of War and as a
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San Bernardino, POW's in San Bernardino, By Nicholas R. Cataldo
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Bernardino Engineer Depot
Camp Ono is located in California
San Bernardino, California
34°12′23″N 117°23′06″W / 34.206504°N 117.385063°W / 34.206504; -117.385063
US Army
Southern California
San Bernardino, California
US Army
Desert Training Center
Italian Service Units
Italy
Newmark Ground Water Contamination
California during World War II
militarymuseum.org, San Bernardino Engineer Depot and Camp Ono
San Bernardino, POW's in San Bernardino, By Nicholas R. Cataldo
"City of San Bernardino - Camp Ono Story - L.A. Times"
"City Wins Millions for Toxic Cleanup"
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0458-3035
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San Bernardino County, California
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