Camp Cooke, California

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Camp Cooke, California was a World War II-era U.S. Army training base that later evolved into Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Camp Cooke, California canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army training base
controlledBy United States Department of War
country United States
establishedBy United States Army
garrisoned U.S. Army armored units
U.S. Army artillery units
U.S. Army infantry units
hasCurrentSiteUse missile testing
space launch operations
hasSuccessor Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base
held German prisoners of war
Italian prisoners of war
laterRedesignatedAs Cooke Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Space Force Base
locatedIn Santa Barbara County, California
locatedNear Lompoc, California
Pacific Ocean
locatedOn Central Coast of California
namedAfter Philip St. George Cooke
operatedBy United States Army
partOf U.S. Army training base network in World War II
United States Army Western Defense Command (historical)
reasonForLocation remote coastal location suitable for large-scale training
successorFacilityOperatedBy United States Air Force
United States Space Force
terrainFeature coastal plain and rolling hills
timePeriod World War II era
transitionedTo Cold War missile and space operations site
usedDuringConflict World War II
usedFor World War II training
armored division training
artillery training
infantry training
military training
prisoner-of-war camp operations

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11th Armored Division garrisonAfterWar Camp Cooke, California