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U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) Commander Col. Patrick McFall served as keynote speaker at the 27th annual Camp Bouse Commemoration Ceremony in the La Paz County, Arizona town of Bouse on Saturday, February 11.
The modern day mission of YPG has a direct lineage with the Soldiers of the 'Greatest Generation' who tested the Canal Defense Light, a 13 million candlepower arc searchlight mounted in the turret of an M3 tank, at Camp Bouse during World War II.
The system was never fielded, but at the time the project constituted the second-most secret Army program after the Manhattan Project.
YPG is the last active Army installation within the World War II-era California-Arizona Desert Maneuver Area, of which Camp Bouse was a part.
"I am proud of the way Yuma Proving Ground carries on the legacy of the Soldiers of Camp Bouse," said McFall. "Their spirit lives on at Yuma Proving Ground in what we still do to secure our country's peace and prosperity."
| Date Taken: | 02.11.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 02.13.2023 11:49 |
| Story ID: | 438364 |
| Location: | BOUSE, AZ, US |
| Web Views: | 22 |
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