General Patton and the Desert Training Center will be the subject of the third Thursdays lecture series this month at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum. Reporter Eric Knabe has your invitation to history…
Thursday July 18 , hear the story of Desert Training Center, where in two short years, a million men trained in the Mojave Desert to fight in World War II. Camps housing 15,000 men each sprung up overnight in California, Arizona, and Nevada. The Desert Training Center was planned and initiated by General George S. Patton. Many of the doctrines, strategies, and tactics in armored and airborne warfare that helped win the war were developed at the Desert Training Center. Today little remains but its legacy lives on. The lectures start at noon. Admission is $5, or free for museum members. The Hi-Desert Nature Museum is located at 57090 Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley.
