US Army 'Letter' Bases in Pacific
Central and South Pacific Base Commands were its major area commands. Anyone with additional information about this base system or more to add on this topic, please email me.
Base A = Milne Bay
Base B = Oro Bay
Base C = ?
Base D = Port Moresby
Base E = Nadzab
Base F = Finschafen
Base G = Hollandia
Base H = Biak
Base I = ?
Base J = ?
Base K = Leyte (Tacloban)
Base L = ?
Base M = Luzon (San Fernando)
Base N = ?
Base O = ?
Base P = ?
Base Q = ?
Base R = Batangas Bay (sub-base controlled by Base M)
Base S = Cebu City (sub-base controlled by Base M)
Base T = ?
Base U = ?
Base V = ?
Base W = ?
Base X = Manila
Naomi Mitchell adds:
"My dad was stationed there & my mother, sister & I arrived in 1946 by troop ship to join him. I am interested in the dependent housing, if there was a school there, PX, Commissary, etc. I know there was the Army-Navy Club, but I was too young to remember very many details."Base Y = ?
Base Z = ?
Links with References to Base System:
Medical Corps August 1944 - 1946
Army Post Offices & Bases (Australia @ War)