WW2 In America : Exploring Camp Iron Mountain Mojave Desert California

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This is the second video of my journey to, and the exploration of, many World War Two Desert Warfare Training sites that are scattered across the Mojave desert of Califonia and Arizona. These very large camps, mock battle sites, and live-fire ranges are testimony to the vast scale the United States training program established to help prepare the U.S. soldiers for combat before being shipped out to North Africa, Europe, or the Pacific. During WW2, over 1,000,000 soldiers trained in this area during the two years of the training area's existence. These camps were established under orders of the War Department in 1942 and General George S. Patton was tasked with setting up the camps and training areas and then running the program until he too shipped out to start fighting in North Africa with the men he helped train in these camps.
Training included many steps to toughen the soldiers to deprivation. At first, the soldiers were housed in the large camps you will see in the videos and lived in large canvas tents. These camps might contain 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers at any given time as they rotated through the program. They were then transitioned into desert areas where they had to train living in small tents with limited amenities and finally no tents at all and very limited gear. After that, they were sent overseas with many never to return.
Upon abandonment of the camps, the US Army did clean up the area and burned and/or buried all of the camp and training equipage. The firing ranges were also cleaned up.
However, many foxholes, bomb craters, and evidence of where tank tracks dug deep into the desert soil are scattered across these deserts. Although the Army did police (clean-up) these areas during and after the war, many munitions and artifacts of daily life remain left behind and slowly decomposing in the desert sun. The sheer size and number of the mock battle sites, live firing ranges, and camps are silent testimony to the vast undertaking of our preparation to enter the future battlefields of World War Two.
Please note: Many (but not all) of the areas in these videos are located on State or Federal lands and the removal of any man-made artifact over 50 years old is forbidden there. It is also highly recommended that you do not touch any munitions as they could be "live". All of the munitions seen in my videos are spent and/or "dummy" training munitions.
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I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure,
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@aquachigger 2 года назад

This is the first video of my journey to, and the exploration of, many World War Two Desert Warfare Training sites that are scattered across the Mojave desert of Califonia and Arizona. These very large camps, mock battle sites, and live-fire ranges are testimony to the vast scale the United States training program established to help prepare the U.S. soldiers for combat before being shipped out to North Africa, Europe, or the Pacific. During WW2, over 1,000,000 soldiers trained in this area during the two years of the training area's existence. These camps were established under orders of the War Department in 1942 and General George S. Patton was tasked with setting up the camps and training areas and then running the program until he too shipped out to start fighting in North Africa with the men he helped train in these camps. Training included many steps to toughen the soldiers to deprivation. At first, the soldiers were housed in the large camps you will see in the videos and lived in large canvas tents. These camps might contain 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers at any given time as they rotated through the program. They were then transitioned into desert areas where they had to train living in small tents with limited amenities and finally no tents at all and very limited gear. After that, they were sent overseas with many never to return. Upon abandonment of the camps, the US Army did clean up the area and burned and/or buried all of the camp and training equipage. The firing ranges were also cleaned up. However, many foxholes, bomb craters, and evidence of where tank tracks dug deep into the desert soil are scattered across these deserts. Although the Army did police (clean-up) these areas during and after the war, many munitions and artifacts of daily life remain left behind and slowly decomposing in the desert sun. The sheer size and number of the mock battle sites, live firing ranges, and camps are silent testimony to the vast undertaking of our preparation to enter the future battlefields of World War Two. Please note: Many (but not all) of the areas in these videos are located on State or Federal lands and the removal of any man-made artifact over 50 years old is forbidden there. It is also highly recommended that you do not touch any munitions as they could be "live". All of the munitions seen in my videos are spent and/or "dummy" training munitions.

@maggiesfarm7970 2 года назад

The railroad police never bothered me during my childhood spent walking railroad tracks in the Midwest.

@tinytattoomike7943 2 года назад

Chigg have you seen the railroad tracks in LA lately? The thieves use bolt cutters to open the shipping containers after they look at the bills to see what’s in them then the proceed to throw all the contents out onto the sides of the tracks The Bulls aren’t doing anything about it the LA sheriff said he had no idea it was going on 🙄 I’m sure you’re ok to explore where you want out there

@josephlwallssr6166 2 года назад

Through out the state of Ca., North and South is the Ca.aqueduct system, which pumps the water from the SanJuanquin, valley up and over the grape vine(Hwy#5) Mts, from Bakersfield up over to L.A.The whole system was started by Moonbeam, s, father Governor Brown Sr in 1964! Big, Big deal! The L.A. has it, s own system providing water to the Inperial Valley and to L.A taken from the Colorado, River.I remember, visiting Whiskey Town in N.Ca. and there was a placket and little museum, where J.F.K., christened in 1963.So, this was an on going project for years before Governor Brown Sr. for years before Brown opened the pumps taken the water over the grapevine(Hwy5) to LA.My fatherN law worked for Ca. Water authority and retured.He would have to drive north & south along different aqueducts , checking on things and chasing people off the waterways.Today and over the decades past , every one fish's f or striped bass, catfish and carp.Any way the aqueducts are a big deal in Ca.There, s my two cents! Lol! Thanks for the travel to Mojave desert and exploration!Pretty neat!😀👍

@aserta 2 года назад

That tube you found with the notches looks almost like a rack and pinion net wire tensioner.

@ellenthompson7525 2 года назад

Fort Mohave is closer to AZ ... Part of the pony Express! Love exploring the Mojave and Colorado deserts.my playground!

@fwinckowski 2 года назад

Stonelined walk paths remind me of MASH...

@janblake9468 2 года назад

The 2 land mine fuzes were already blown. The detonators were quashed down. Practice anti-tank land mines don't explode; they give off a smoke cloud. The altar you showed is the Catholic one. The Presbyterian altar is at the other end of the camp, and has a different design. The camp dump is huge and is in a wash NW of the camp. A grenade range is near the dump. You missed a very large, earthen relief map of the whole DTC where maneuvers were planned. So large that it had a bridge across it. The BLM fenced it in to preserve it but erosion has affected it. At 24:26, that is a foot powder can.

@Objective-Observer 2 года назад

Thank you, I was going to add that.

@AndrexT 2 года назад

Thanks again for the further insight. I thought foot powder as well, my dad had one in the late 50s.

@dalestuart1029 2 года назад

Jan, you sound like you might have an MWD history.

@janblake9468 2 года назад

@@dalestuart1029 I am a retired geologist, but sorry, no. I began researching and exploring the DTC in 1981 as a hobby.. Continued on for 30 years. My "papers", photos, books, memorabilia, and a ton of artifacts, were donated to a history museum in Goffs, CA, a tiny community on the original Rt 66 in 2018. I did drive around the MWD Iron Mtn pumping station back when it was allowed. And I have explored a MWD construction camp site.

@centauri9458 2 года назад

Chigg, those boys were kids, they grew up fast when they left there though. My Grandpa was 15 years old when he went to fight the Japanese. He wanted to go and be like his brothers and serve our nation. Thank you Greatest Generation. We owe you more than our lives.

@jimmyalamo839 2 года назад

its hard to compare the kids back then, and the kids today. complete opposite

@centauri9458 2 года назад

@@jimmyalamo839 you are 100 percent correct. They had pride, honor, bravery, and character. Worked hard and had very little, but loved and respected their Mommas and Daddys

@misteral-jillrarbogast.8493 2 года назад

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@ricksanchez191 2 года назад

@@jimmyalamo839When you live in a shit hole people can change.

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

@@jimmyalamo839 they would cry just hearing the stories from the older generation. It's truly pathetic

@jamesmooney8933 2 года назад

My father traded for one year in the desert under Patton. He was a tanker. He said that he volunteered for being a tanker, because he got more training. Draftees went directly into battle. The reasons for being in the desert in the one year was the United States Army never fought in the desert. My father told me, that he was limited to one quart of water a day. He had pictures of egg frying on his tank. I read in a book "Patton the Genius for War". In the book only one soldier died during the year. After the training, the soldiers were shipped off to North Africa. My father was sent to the Pacific, because the Marines needed tanks. My father was stationed with the 27th Army Division. He was at Siapan, Okinawa. Another note you talked about young men. My father was 18, but he was the youngest guy of his unit. The rest of the guys were older men. In Siapan, he fought in the large Banzai Attack by the Japanese.

@dorfsteen 2 года назад

Yeah tarantula won't bite you unless it's life depends on it. you're way too big for them to wrestle with and they know it, but they are pretty docile .next one you find put your hand down let him walk on you they won't bite you, just be careful don't drop them cuz they break easy. Catch them a cricket because they're not stupid either. if you feed them they're even more docile. They make pretty good pets because their low maintenance and they're fun to watch. I had a Mexican red leg that actually molted and before molting it couldn't climb the glass cage. but as soon as it molted it was beautiful and iridescent and its feet could stick to the glass and It could run right up the glass pretty neat. You could take one home as a pet. they do live very long. Males Live 5 to 10 years females live up to 30 years and crickets are cheap. If you could catch one before you went home it would live long enough in the ride home. Then just go to the pet shop and get some crickets you probably already have a small tank you can make a little terrarium that's all they need and a sponge with some water on it in a little flat cup. And if your house is cold you might want to put a little heater in there, but if your house is warm he'll be okay like I said low maintenance. I think my Mexican red live live for like two years which is normal because you don't know how old they were before you get them and the males can live up to 10 years and the females can live up to 30 years which is amazing for a spider or any insect. The other thing is you got to watch out for the hairs on their back because they have this defensive thing that they do with their back legs and they flick their hiars off of their bum and they're very light so they shoot up into your face and if you inhale them there pretty irritateing. So when they start hissing and flicking their back legs on their bum get your face away from them. they stop doing that after a while usually when their bum is bald LOL and then they'll molt and becomes an iridescent beautiful colored tarantula that's when they're the most I would say perfect. I actually got those tarantula hairs in my nose and it didn't last long it was just itchy for a couple hours. If you're allergic to bee stings don't get one.

@lydiamashcka4362 2 года назад

I have had some of my best gem hunting luck on the 40 between Barstow and Needles at Jasper Hill, Hector Hills, Lavic, Cady Mountains, Ludlow and Kelbaker Road collecting area, but the most productive Jasper area I have ever found is just north of Edward's AFB at a collecting area called Castle Butte. I am not joking when I tell you there are chunks of Jasper as big as a car! Most of it is gold and brick red but there is also some chocolate brown and some Jade green if you can find it. The road is very well maintained because of the electrical lines above.

@normawinton6832 2 года назад

I'm glad you have good knees. I'd be like, " I'll wait for ya here" cool artifacts Beau!

@bcnhqturam9854 2 года назад

Neat Vid. I was out in the Palen Pass area in the latter 1980s and have a few observations. Landmine belts can be discerned by round (12 inches or so) flat/bare spots on the surface...usually lighter in color than the undisturbed ground. They are laid in a distinct pattern (three lines each) which resembles a pair of dice , side-by-side, showing a pair of fives. Each line may be several feet apart and the layout provides a staggered pattern. However, most mines have long been removed by the troops training there, Italian POWs whom were put to work salvaging material for several years, or civilians exploring the areas. This is what the flat/bare spots reveal...where mines were removed and hole filled. I found several intact Teller mines by walking the length of the belt until it came to a gully or rocky area. This is where the salvage personnel may have stopped short and left some behind. The detonators you found late in the vid are of two types. If they are (were) white, they contain a smoke charge when triggered by pressure applied on the mine's contact plate. If blue plastic, they are training components. The Teller mines themselves are also painted blue for training. I imagine live mines were also used, but for demonstration purposes only. I have a copy of all the sites from a two-part article by the Historical Military Vehicle Collector's Association. If you want a copy, post a reply where you want it sent (can make a PDF files for each page)...Carry On!

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

That's very interesting information thank you 👍

@davidfish591 2 года назад

Amazing place. Very cool rocks. Thanks for the tour. See ya on down the road.

@Mag_Aoidh 2 года назад

“When completed the camp had 15 shower buildings, 26 latrines, 113 wooden tent frames, an amphitheater, a 4,000-gallon water tank tower and two 3,000 gallon water tank towers. Camp had 6 training ranges for rifle, handguns and machine guns. The camp closed on 16 March 1944.”

@harrisonmantooth3647 2 года назад

Michael Andrews ; That is interesting information, I love WW2 History. This all took place before my birth, 14 March 1945. I some how feel personally connected. I love this type of History hunting. Thanks Beau/Chigg.

@feellucky271 2 года назад

No quonset huts? Military installations for all of their blandness can actually be very cool.

@vondahartsock-oneil3343 2 года назад

Lovin it. I'm so jealous. Plus, you show'd the map and you came all the way thru my state, right past my house. Oklahoma. I"m between the Interstate/Will Rogers Turnpike and Rt. 66. I can hear the traffic from both at night. Anyway, THANKS for the vicarious adventures.

@earlt.7573 2 года назад

The tin with the sprinkle holes in the top at 24:30 is a GI foot powder tin, common item for guys to carry in their kit. This entire camp hike is awesome, amazing that all that stuff is still there where those guys left it .

@hamshackleton 2 года назад

I was going to say Talcum powder - pretty much the same thing.

@PrincessHarmonyMoonlight 2 года назад

maybe they used the sprinkle hole tin as a shower head 😋

@charlesrobey496 2 года назад

I live in the Mojave DEsert and even in the Winter you never go for a hike even if it is just a short 1 mile hike without taking water with you!!! I have found several unexploded pieces of ordinance in my travels in the Mojave. A few years ago I was metal detecting on a dry lake bed near Fort Irwin searching for Meteorites and I found an old Thompsons submachine gun that had been ran over by a tank it was shaped like a U the magazine still had live ammo in it. I took it to the Barstow PD for them to dispose of it! I have even found unexploded 155MM HE rounds and old WW2 grenades out in the desert some witht he pins still attached.. You have to be very careful out in the Desert

@neillh 2 года назад

Thanks for taking us along on another great adventure 👍

@gregkerr725 2 года назад

Having grown up on military bases in the 50's and 60's, I can attest to the fact that the Army liked to line their pathways with rocks, so seeing all those rock lined paths doesn't surprise me and I know it wasn't an idea the soldiers themselves decided to do on their own. I'm actually surprised the Army didn't have the guys paint the rocks white....Army was big on that to!

@monkeybarmonkeyman 2 года назад

Yea... busy work as it's called... paint in WWII was probably restricted, considering the chemicals required to create it.

@thurin84 2 года назад

probably did. just worn off over the decades.

@Objective-Observer 2 года назад

Yes, I see Boredom and Discipline all over those many many many lengths of stone pathways and circles.

@moonbeamjones9888 2 года назад

Marines Corps does the same thing

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

Yup bs baffles brains lol

@georgeramirezjr1111 2 года назад

I live in Parker, Az along the AZ and CA border. About 20 miles south of Parker is a small town called Poston. During WW2 they put up camps in Poston for Japanese citizens to be held in. The barracks are still there along with a memorial. When I was in elementary school we would have some of the Japanese who stayed there when they were kids come to speak with us about life living in the camps.

@johnfisher5363 2 года назад

Jack Soo the actor from Barney Miller was in the internment camp in Topaz Utah. Started his acting by singing and performing for the fellow internees. Still a dark page in American history.

@georgeramirezjr1111 2 года назад

@@johnfisher5363 Wow, thats crazy. Your right about it being a dark spot. I live in a farming community and barely learned couple years ago that the Japanese are the ones who dug the irrigation canals. During the summer the average temperature is anywhere from 105 up to 120.

@randlerichardson5826 2 года назад

Interesting place Chigg be fun to detect the place be safe and GOD BLESS Happy New Year Chigg Amen 🙏

@kevinjakovec3783 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing, to bad you cant keep the artifacts, that would be kinda cool! Interesting video. Metal detecting would have been fun. Those Almost melted looking boulders were unexplainably interesting. See ya on the next one. Your friend and fan, Kevin

@__WJK__ 2 года назад

Agree... was surprised/disappointed chig didn't film those up close :(

@dianeburnejko2908 2 года назад

Such a desolate area, hard to imagine all those young soldiers camping there. Interesting video 👍

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

I'd say it was amazing

@genefrederickson8976 2 года назад

During the late '80s through the '90s I made at least 50 trips out to the DTC. Still has a very WWII/Paton feel to it. GREAT series!

@ralphpatrick3071 2 года назад

This whole Patton adventure has been a great history lesson. Thank you, Sir! And have yourself a Happy New Year!!

@terrencebuller7676 2 года назад

Great video Chigg, thanks for sharing 👍

@Randyet62208 2 года назад

I’m loving these videos! I love WW2 history! Look’n forward to the next one!!

@cindyhazelton9683 2 года назад

Thank you!! Love going with you. I always learn something!! Happy New Year to you and your Lady!!!

@josephlwallssr6166 2 года назад

Thanks, Chigg! Merry Christmas!

@tincankiller6454 2 года назад

Very cool place I could spend a whole day just there just exploring. Thank you and keep the videos coming Stay Safe & Good Luck

@leepatton1180 2 года назад

Always with the good stuff thanks for the videos

@OldButStillKicking 9 месяцев назад

Always educational Professor! Thanks for sharing..

@jstnjstnjstnjstn 2 года назад

We can't bust heads like we used to. But we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an ONION TO MY BELT, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

@Rawbutt65 2 года назад

Nice Video! Interesting view or our military history. Thank you!

@Materialworld4 2 года назад

Thank you for this wonderful series on relics in the American West. You did a phenomenal job filming, and telling us what you were filming, Bravo.

@rogerdempsey7227 2 года назад

Awesome adventure chigger love the history of the video 🍺❄🤶🎅👍🙏🛐🥳🎂merry Christmas and stay blessed

@willrumbold8050 2 года назад

24:21 I believe this may be a part to a jeep parking/emergency brake. It appears to be missing the handle but thats what I think it is.

@wanderwoman5558 2 года назад

Thanks 4 takin us along

@allenpence8948 2 года назад

Very interesting videos. Can't imagine what it was like to train there. Keep up the great work.

@troytaylor1913 2 года назад

At 20:55 I think those are oil change pits. There is one still being used today made during world war 2 in Brenda Arizona for residents of an RV park. They are not very deep, about 2 feet but it gives enough room to make changing oils, or parts easier. There were probably mechanics staying in tents nearby with a small junkyard.

@aquachigger 2 года назад

Never thought of that and it makes perfect sense. Thanks.

@troytaylor1913 2 года назад

I watched it again. Just before you walked upon the pit you thought it was strange there was a lot of trash by it. I'm guessing they were parting out jeeps there. Nuts, bolts, and jeep parts ended up lost in the soil.

@OutdoorsygalO 2 года назад

Thanks for showing us the tarantula. Yikes! 🕷. And you know I don’t LIEK spiders. LOL! 😉 Interesting little rock pathways. The altar was cool to see. Peach cans! LOL! “Water Police”…LOL! Thanks for the tour. You always show us the interesting stuff, I love that.

@hikerx9366 2 года назад

May the New Year bring many more exciting Aquachigger adventures to us all. Thanks Beau for doing all the hard work so we can sit comfortably in front of the PC and watch. Although I'd love to be on many of your adventures being a lover of the outdoors. HAPPY NEW YEAR CHIGG.🎆🎇🧨🎉🎊🎋

@dmz6579 2 года назад

The main wolf or water main

@daleparker4207 2 года назад

Great video. Thanks

@lonbrand8175 2 года назад

I was at that alter in the 70s my ant and uncle lived at the Iron mountain pumping plant he knew that area well.

@elffirrdesign2063 2 года назад

My Dad spent some time out at Iron Mountain teaching artillery math. He was an old man at 26. Yep Tarantulas,, Kangaroo Rats, and Rattlers were some of his memories of the place. Was supposed to go to Africa but ended up with 562 Airborne (Artillery) and jumped on the retake of Corregidor in the Philippines .

@kurtlesser2684 Год назад

Fascinating video, I really enjoyed it! Something to keep in mind hiking in the desert. ALWAYS carry a source of water with you. If you were to get hurt out there it could take days for someone to find you and you'd need it!

@tortugalisa4748 2 года назад

Interesting content @Aquachigger 💚🏜 The desert is where my heart will always be💯

@bruinsfan8278 2 года назад

Theirs also an Agua Chigger Next to the Aqua Duck! Seen him with my own eyes! Great Videos Bo, out on the old Tango Tangos. Well Done!

@starsoulorginal 2 года назад

Thats a stranges and itressting place...tnx for the tour

@michellericard4850 2 года назад

Maybe the random trash piles are where they actually had a trash bin next to the foot path and tents🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️?? And when they left, they just left the trash bins. If you're finding wires and batteries everywhere, something I think would be useful and take with. Why not just leave the trash, it's labor and time. They left the rocks, so they weren't ordered to leave it like they found it. Lol Also different times too, different circumstances at that time. I love history now. I enjoy watching your exploring videos. Been a fan for at least 4yrs. Bought a Garrett detector, I'm still learning, but it's gotten me out more. Time gets away from me just looking lol. I try to do research on the areas but I'm still learning that too. Not everything is on Google lol #chiggsarmy

@nopelindoputraperkasa5869 2 года назад

Amazing Vidio ✋ thank for sharing this Vidio dear ✋ greeting from Indonesian traditional gold sheeker 🇲🇨✋👍👍

@theknifejoker99 2 года назад

Cool videos Chig!

@markcarson1844 2 года назад

Get home to Linsey safe Chigg, Merry Christmas and thank you so much.

@rogerdavies6226 2 года назад

The father of my dentist was a yard bull in Salt Lake City. Dentist went to school close to where dad worked. One day dad came and got him out of school and took him with him. Dad says if things start looking badd grab the gun (a .357 mag in glove box) Dad spies who he is looking for, two guys are walking toward him, one with a 2x4 with nails. Guy with 2x4 takes a swing at dad, doc dives for glove box while watching dad. He didn't need to worry, he said with one blow each he cooled these guys. Part II Down south, east of Bouse Arizona is where Patton had his primary tank training range. Been out to HQ. If you knew where to look you can still see tank tracks Me again, Ya outta get a drone to scope what is outa sight

@Secret_Squirrel_Scottishgamer 2 года назад

Merry xmas chiggy baby have a good one buddy!!! 😉👍 !

@athelwulfgalland 2 года назад

Beau, again, I'm loving this series! However at 20:00 both my wife & I busted out laughing at that rock formation. It looks like something female related but it certainly didn't look virginal! LOL

@WizzardofOdds 2 года назад

That small square concrete foundation you saw when you were headed back to your truck could have been a brig and that small tin that held powder was probably talc (talcum powder). Love to see those areas, exploring is the best thing a person can do.

@jimschafer9196 2 года назад

Chigg your morning shadow reminded me of the "Stilt Walker" ... LOL On you way to the sanctuary area did spot a tower it was steal I was thinking it was observation of the war action surprised you did not check it out (OH maybe I was seeing a mirage ... LOL) That washed out rock feature on the east side of the pass was interesting too. Thanks for the early morning walk about. Look forward to your next reveal.

@BORNAGAIN700 2 года назад

Merry Christmas Chigg!

@nicktasker4287 2 года назад

Being in the Uk I would never get the opportunity to visit this treasure and visit, Thanx buddy 👍

@marjorieboynton6681 2 года назад

Very interesting for sure, thanks…

@mr.crapper7197 2 года назад

The Chigg would be a fantastic history or geology teacher. He just captures your attention.

@alabamadixiediggers4714 2 года назад

Thanx Chigg for another great AQUACHIGGER ADVENTURE

@richardwarnock2789 2 года назад

Looked like Bounching Bettie mines could be smoke mines !!! ; )

@rikspector 2 года назад

Chigg, Looks like around 1959 was when Aluminum cans were started. The BLM does NOT own that property, we do, but they, in their "wisdom" manage it and like all egotistical bureaucrats, think it's theirs. Such is life. I respect our military and how they have saved the world(until now), but the present day military/industrial complex is a law unto it self. Cheers, Rik Spector

@idahormj66 2 года назад

my aunt and her husband are retired BLM people , two of the most ignorant people i have met . they retired to the old family farm and were going to show everybody how to do things . pissed of all the neighbors in short order and ruined everything they touched . complete idiots! .nothing the BLM taught them about management worked in real life.

@raubism 2 года назад

this video explains those lines in south america, it was a military training camp

@dezertraider 2 года назад

24TH INF,,1978,,,,FANTASTIC! SAFE TRAVELS..

@haroldishoy2113 2 года назад

The stone lined pathways is typical Army procedure. I was thinking the ring of stones might represent a place where the soldiers were trained in map and compass navigation with the spokes or rocks might have been the degree lines to take a bearing. Thanks for the hike and tour!

@oldkingcole8918 2 года назад

The rocks hold the tent flaps down when the rain comes washing through... Helps the tentage stay put... Still do it that way at NTC Ft Irwin...

@claudiasmigelski1528 2 года назад

So nice !

@milwaukeeroadjim9253 2 года назад

I entered the Navy on July 3th. Since they weren;t going to form a training company until the 5th I got to paint the stones at camp Berry on the Great Lakes Naval Training facility. I think stones are there so that they always have "make work" for enlisted.

@stephenbennett2824 2 года назад

n, lop

@BamaChad-W4CHD 2 года назад

Go stack those stones. Go layout those stones. Go organize those stones. Now go stack those stones this way. Now lay them out this way and on and on and on..........

@FormerMPSGT 2 года назад

IF IT ON THE GROUND: PICK IT UP! IF YOU CANT PICK IT UP: PAINT IT! IF IT MOVES: SALAUTE IT!

@JB-fl2gm 2 года назад

Merry Christmas Chigg

@aquachigger 2 года назад

Same to you!

@doublemrclean 2 года назад

Privates built those paths while officers supervised from a long distance and then took credit for the EMs handiwork.

@jimcharlton7869 2 года назад

Crazy history. My dad trained in Florida. Unit motto? 'A plane a day in Tampa Bay.' B-26's killed a lot of people in early training accidents. He and Mom moved to southern California after the War and never left. He Never saw those desert training grounds before being shipped out- I think? I betcha' they met...

@KittyGirlTravelProductions 2 года назад

great video.

@danfinch4434 2 года назад

Hey chigg, you done a video on your military service ? Interesting to hear about it. I understand if you don’t want to. I was in the Royal Navy myself. Loving the content lately, it’s crazy the size of the USA, your distance away from home is basically London to Moscow if not further! That’s mad!

@surge384 Год назад

Thanks for the video. I lived I. Indio for a little over a decade and was aware of this camps existence. Sadly, I never visited.

@suecharnock9369 2 года назад

had a work colleague who had been in the Guards. He and another Sergeant were checking the Barracks one night when an oddly dressed soldier ran from them down the barracks. They gave chase and bounced off the fire escape a the end of the room which the stranger had run through! A few weeks later, they were in the Royal Artillery NCO mess and froze when they saw the same soldier in a painting on the wall. Apparently their barracks had been the Royal Artillery training ground in World War 1, and the soldier had died in training.......... So yes, you may get something 'strange' in those old barracks - just depends on how many died in training I guess!

@blkjckgtr3075 2 года назад

Great adventure Chigg did you notice that ring of stones with the concrete pillar in the middle is a sun dial,Cheers Merry Christmas and a happy New years!

@johnramirez5032 2 года назад

Looked like a medicine wheel prayer circle like the indians built.

@IndianaTones 2 года назад

I can’t wait to explore the desert

@humanbeingfromearth Год назад

Cool video

@rawkinj6609 2 года назад

That is a crazy road trip your on man!! Koodos !! On the edge of our seats every step of the way!! Oh man! Don't get blowed up!! 😯

@dhankins51 2 года назад

we used a tent like that in the 1970s when we went camping with the kids!

@Erik-py4jm 2 года назад

I was watching WWII in Color on Netflix after watching your last video and saw a clip from a soldier camp in Northern Africa and they had the same rock lined walkways. I thought that was interesting.

@Snarkapotamus 2 года назад

Some drone shots would have been cool...would have given more meaning to the stone work.

@Rodolfobia 2 года назад

great stuff

@AndrexT 2 года назад

Such an interesting journey which I am studying on Google Earth as well.

@zackmagnusson8583 2 года назад

That rod with the ratchet like indentations may be the parking brake handle assy for a Willys MB.

@ihaveguts 2 года назад

Merry Belated Xmas Chigg!!

@rredbeak 2 года назад

love the trip ty sir

@JoeVanDyke4240 2 года назад

If I recall, this area was also used in the 70's again, for War games with the Military, prepping in case they had to head to the Middle East around the time of the Iran, and Afganistan issues of the time, too. So, you might have overlaps of different stuff.

@ndm19891268 2 года назад

Stay safe my friend

@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage 2 года назад

This is so cool 😎

@pizzafrenzyman 2 года назад

Some of those holes might also be Tarantula Hawks.

@mr.skipper4544 2 года назад

Chigg Maybe one day you could do a bit on what classifies a cave as a cave, just wandering, uncle chigg 👉🤘👍

@centauri9458 2 года назад

Just before you spotted that black sand I thought that that place looked like it would have gold. Ofcourse I had been watching a prospector channel just before so I'm wanting to see some gold in my hand.

@paulsouth4794 2 года назад

Really enjoying this series. Any chance you could do any of the indian wars ? Black hills area

@lenoraeaton 2 года назад

👍.😊 Thanks!!

@jimcharlton7869 2 года назад

The real hookup/link is Patton. #319th bomb group USAAC was attached to his Army. Ground Attack... They blew the crap Outta' Rommel - in late '42 to '43. Thank you for visiting that Site. It matters... Any idea of what He(your dad) did? Flight Ops, Ground crew, A.A., etc? Then I can find his name in the Unit records. Not ALL of those records burned... Heh heh. It all fits. Cool stuff, Man! Thank you & keep it Up. Wish I was there. Cold and snowy here...

@jimcharlton7869 2 года назад

My father and yours most likely served together in WW2. 319th bomb group- B26 Marauders. He didn't want to talk about it much...North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily. Maybe I can help unshroud the 'cloud of mystery'? And yes, he was being 'transitioned' to Japan ...B-29's. All the pilots(Dad) and willing crew almost went. A 'good unit'... you can be very proud. Anzio, Monte Casino- Rome. I'll just betcha, we can Find him in the records... feel free to contact me.

@timmcgrath3907 2 года назад

have you ever had a scarey experience running into some shadey characters being alone on your adventures chigg?

@scrappydoo7887 2 года назад

One time he walked into a weed grow and witnessed a fed bust on other growers lol

@batesbryanm 2 года назад

Why do you always look like GI GUMMBI? LOVE IT! UR TG BEST GIGG

@jimcharlton7869 2 года назад

Dad had a down to earth reputation, 2nd lieutenant at 21. He realized that 'It' was a group effort. Or as he said, 'Somebody had to keep his plane flying. He just dropped bombs and blew the crap out of anything on the ground movingothat even remotely looked German or Italian'. Six locomotives and 2 ships. We should talk...