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Marines took over the northern portion of Camp Kearny, which they christened Marine Corps Air Depot Camp Kearny. In 1943 the Marines changed their station name to Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar to avoid confusion with the Navy base. The Marine base was mainly used to process Marine squadrons en
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In 1940 the Navy began a series of projects to improve and expand Camp Kearny. By 1941 the base contained more than 26,000 acres (110 km). On 20 February 1943, the area was commissioned as Naval
Auxiliary Air Station Camp Kearny. (By then the misspelling "Kearney" had become so common that the
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first visited Camp Kearny on 11 May 1932. That mooring ended in disaster when a gust of wind carried the airship upward, killing two ground handlers and injuring a third. However, the Navy continued to use the facility, and the
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Marines, and the station became MCAS Miramar. In 1947, the Marines moved to
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commanded the post until it was closed in 1920. It was largely abandoned after 1920 but was retained by the government for use as a military and civilian airfield. The
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who was then commandant of the Marine Corps. By 1940 the number of volunteer recruits was overwhelming the local training base,
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practice. Also for emergency landing activities. After the war in 1945, the
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in 1938 just south of Camp Kearny. Rosedale Field was used for
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