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The Base is Redesignated

38963 Miscellaneous Music, sports, marksmanship, and other miscellaneous topics

On 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" (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.