Fort MacArthur is a former U.S. Army installation in San Pedro, California (now the port community of Los Angeles), named for General Arthur MacArthur, Jr. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... San Pedro is a community within Los Angeles, California, annexed in 1909 and a major seaport of the area. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... Arthur MacArthur, Jr. ...

In 1888 President Grover Cleveland designated an area overlooking San Pedro Bay as an unnamed military reservation intended to improve the defenses of the expanding Los Angeles harbor area. Additional land was purchased in 1897 and 1910, and Fort MacArthur was formally created on October 31, 1914. The fort was a training center during World War I, and the first large gun batteries for harbor defense were installed in 1917. The effectiveness of these fixed gun emplacements was debated for many years, and test firings were extremely unpopular with nearby residents. By the end of World War II the large guns were already being removed, with the last decommissioned in 1948. Battery Osgood-Farley is probably the best preserved example of a United States coastal defense gun emplacement, and it was placed it on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of southern California, United States. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... -1... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million World War I... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...

During the early years of the cold war, Fort MacArthur became a key part of the west coast's antiaircraft defenses, becoming the home base of the 47th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade. A NIKE surface-to-air missile battery was activated at the fort in 1954, remaining in service until the early 1970s. The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the global superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States, supported by their alliance partners. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... Launch of a Nike Zeus missile Project Nike was a US Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1975 Fort MacArthur became a sub-post of Fort Ord, and the Army soon transferred ownership of the fort's Upper and Lower Reservations to the City of Los Angeles. The Upper Reservation is now a city park -- San Pedro's Angels Gate Park, home of the Korean Bell of Friendship and the Fort MacArthur Military Museum (at the site of Battery Osgood-Farley). The Lower Reservation was dredged and is now the city's Cabrillo Marina. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Fort Ord was a U.S. Army post on the Monterey Bay in California. ... The Korean Bell of Friendship The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze bell housed in a stone pavilion in Angels Gate Park, in the San Pedro district of Los Angeles, California. ...

Fort MacArthur's remaining Middle Reservation was transferred to the Air Force in 1982, and is still being used as base housing for the Los Angeles Air Force Base. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Los Angeles Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located in El Segundo, California. ...

External links

• Fort MacArthur history at the California State Military Museum website
• Fort MacArthur Military Museum website