The Base is Redesignated
MiscellaneousOn 1 March 1924, the base was officially redesignated Marine Corps Base, Naval Operating Base, San Diego. Major General Joseph Pendleton was designated the first Commanding General, a billet he served in for only thirty-one days.
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- Brigadier General Joseph Pendleton
- John Edward Fahey, "A History of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot" (master's thesis, University of San Diego, 1974), 39.
- Elmore A. Champie, "A Brief History of the Marine Corps Base and Recruit Depot San Diego, California 1914-1962" (Washington D.C., HQMC, 1962), 18.