Camp Ashby
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Camp Ashby was a temporary U.S. Army installation sited in Berkeley, California during World War II. The base was named for Ashby Avenue, a nearby thoroughfare (at the time, part of State Highway 24, now 13), which in turn was named for an early settler, William Ashby.
Camp Ashby was used to quarter and train the 779th Military Police Battalion, an African American unit led by white officers.
[edit] External Link
California State Military Museum
[edit] Reference
- Newsletter of the Berkeley Historical Society, Volume 25, Number 3 (December 2006)