Vandenberg Air Force Base

Vandenberg Air Force Base was built during World War II as Camp Cooke, a training base for mechanized units. There was also a prisoner of war camp for 800 internees. The base was taken over by the Air Force in 1957 and subsequently renamed Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: TracesOfWar.com
• Richard E. Osborne, World War II Sites in the United States - A Tour Guide & Directory