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This area was the center of the early shipping activity in the harbor. In 1796, Father Lasuen built an adobe shelter here, where the present post engineers building now stands. During the Mexican-American War (1845-47), Commodore Robert Stockton used the area for storage of ordnance and supplies for his march on Los Angeles. Later the site of a customs warehouse until 1880, it was commissioned as a military reservation in 1888, in order to protect the port and to halt encroachments by railroads and local government, and developed for military purposes shortly before World War I. It is named in honor of Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, father of Douglas MacArthur, who later commanded American forces in the Pacific during World war II. At present, Fort MacArthur serves as a residential community for personnel of the Air Force Space Division Based at El Segundo. Not open to the public. Located on Pacific Avenue, between 22nd and 36th Streets, San Pedro
Fort MacArthur/L.A. Air Force Base
S Pacific Ave & Meyler Rd
San Pedro, CA 90731
The atomic bombs were dropped on Japan in August while I was stationed in texas. I was sent to finance school in indiana for six weeks and then at F t.Macarathur I figured back pay and benefits as the government tried to discharge 15 million troops before Christmas.