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FORT ORD U.S. ARMY POST STOCKADE IN IMAGES

May 2013 Efren Lopez, a combat photographer, Erik Zaborsky, at the time Assistant Field Manager (Fort Ord National Monument) and I toured the stockade with permission from the manager of the Las Animas concrete company who occupies the buildings and area. This is just next or east of the Equestrian Center. Margaret Davis of Friends of Fort Ord Warhorse came by a little later. It was very interesting! - Greg Krenzelok - Director - Historian, U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group.

4953 Main Stockade Building constructed in 1953 by Del E. Web Construction Co. Between 1952 and 1954 the Del E. Webb Construction Company was hired to construct some 42 new permanent buildings to make Fort Ord a permanent Army post. Information continued below on Del E. Web Construction Company.

The City of Marina started the demolition of the Fort Ord Stockade in 2021.

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Fort Ord Old Post Stockade buildings background:

The Stockade Complex is comprised of 8 Buildings including 3 Guard Towers (4950, 4952 and 4956), a Storage Building (4951), the Stockade (4953), a Maintenance Building (4954), a Generator Building (4955), and a Sewage Pump Station (4957). The three 120 square feet Guard Towers (4950, 4952 and 4956) were built in 1941 and are located on the perimeter of the complex on the north central, north east and east central sides. They are octagon shaped and constructed of concrete with asbestos cement paneling. Roofing is tar and gravel. Each tower is approximately 30 feet tall with no ladder access. The 435 square foot Storage Building (4951) was built in 1951 and located on the east central perimeter of the site. It is constructed of concrete masonry units (CMU) and concrete. The roofing is tar and gravel. Image source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, modified by D. Sun 2005.

Fort Ord Stockade 1st floor.

The 55,487 square foot Stockade (building no. 4953) is the main building and is located on the south west side. The north (2 stories), south (1 story) and east wings (1 story) were built in 1953 and the west wing (2 stories) was added at an unknown date. The north wing is a confinement area with small cells and large holding areas on the 1st floor and large holding areas on the 2nd floor. Each small cell has its own toilet areas and the large holding areas has a larger group restroom. There is an auditorium on the 1st floor south west side and offices and small restrooms on the south east side. A mechanical room is located on the south east side of the 2nd floor. The south wing is an office area with restrooms. The east wing is a kitchen and dining room and has the boiler room for the building in the basement. Continued below next image. Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, modified by D. Sun 2005 amd the FORA Stockade Complex, Marina, CA October 3, 2017 Hazardous Materials Survey Report.

Fort Ord Stockade 2nd floor.

These wings are constructed of reinforced concrete structural components with some concrete masonry unit walls. Windows are metal framed and interior finishes include vinyl floor tiles, ceramic floor and wall tiles, some wallboard walls and ceilings, and drop-in ceiling panels. Roofing is tar and gravel on concrete decks. Rooms have radiators for heat. The heating and hot water pipes are located in the concrete crawlspace pipe chases from the central boiler room. The west wing consists of a confinement area with small individual cells with toilets on the 1st floor and larger group cell areas with a toilet area on the 2nd floor. Each floor has a group shower area. This wing is constructed of reinforced concrete structural components. Windows are metal framed and interior finishes include vinyl floor tiles, ceramic floor and wall tiles, and plaster ceilings. Roofing is tar and gravel on concrete decks. Rooms have forced air ducting for heat. The heating and hot water pipes are located in the concrete crawlspace pipe chases from the central boiler room. The 3,960 square foot Maintenance Building (4954) was built in 1969. It has metal perimeter walls and roofing and sits on a concrete slab. The central portion has CMU low walls. The 192 square foot Generator Building (4955) was built in 1973. It has metal perimeter walls and roofing and sits on a concrete slab. A generator and diesel tank are located inside the building. The 276 square foot Sewage Pump Station (4957) was built in 1954 and located on the north west perimeter of the site. It is constructed of CMU and concrete. The roofing is tar and gravel. Sources: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, modified by D. Sun 2005 amd the FORA Stockade Complex, Marina, CA October 3, 2017 Hazardous Materials Survey Report.

Note on Dennis Sun: In July of 2016 Dennis contacted me about my Camp Ord/East Garrison website and he wanted to let me know that in around 2000 he digitized a large collection of images of East Garrison buildings and area photos. The above images were also modified by Dennis. I appreciate all of his hard work. - Greg Krenzelok

Fort Ord Stockade and the Marina Equestrion Center in the background. Image credit: copyrighted U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok - Director - Historian, all rights reserved.

Information continued below on Del E. Web Construction Company:

Biographical Note Del E. Web Construction Co Delbert Eugene "Del" Webb was born to Ernest and Henrietta (Forthcamp) Webb in Fresno, California on May 17, 1899. His father, a contractor who operated a sand and gravel business on the side, went bankrupt when Webb was 14. Webb quit school and began working as a carpenter in 1917, supplementing his income by playing semi-professional baseball beginning in 1918. In 1926, he was injured sliding into home base and suffered a severe attack of typhoid fever, which left him with an injured throwing arm and in uncertain health. On the advice of friends Webb moved to Phoenix, where he worked as a carpenter until starting his own construction company in July of 1928.

Phoenix was growing quickly in the late 1920s and the Del E. Webb Construction Co. began building such necessary structures as gas stations, stores, and churches. The firm grew substantially during the 1930s, partly because Webb expanded into fast-growing Southern California and partly because he travelled to Washington and Sacramento to meet the executives who controlled federal construction projects. He befriended a number of powerful politicians, including President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. When World War II broke out, Webb's construction company was the largest in Arizona and ready to handle government contracts. His firm built some of the largest military installations in the West, including airfields, training bases, barracks, and such internment camps as the Poston War Relocation Center. By the end of the war, Webb's company had done approximately $100 million worth of work for the government. Webb continued to obtain government contracts and built such structures as the veterans' hospitals and missile silos.

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Box 22
Fort Ord (Fort Ord CA), 1953-1970 (Photographs and Negatives)

Box 23
Fort Ord - Construction (Fort Ord CA), 1951-1970 (Photographs and Negatives)

Box 131
4486-4546 Enlisted Men Barracks (Fort Ord, CA), 1968-1969 (Photographs)

Source: Del E. Webb Corporation Photographs, MSS-279, Arizona State University Library.

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Structure building 4950, Fort Ord Stockade Guard House, constructed in 1941.

Structure building 4952, Fort Ord Stockade Guard House, constructed in 1941.

Structure building 4956, Fort Ord Stockade Guard House, constructed in 1941.

FORT ORD RIOTS AND REBELLIONS 1965-1973
1968 - Fort Ord - Stockade rebellion.
1969 - Fort Ord - Stockade sit-in.
1969 - Fort Ord - Stockade - mill-in/mess hall boycott.
1970 - August 12 - 13 - Fort Ord - Stockade rebellion.
1971 - May 11 - Fort Ord Stockade - Sit-down strike.
1971 - June 27 - Fort Ord - In an effort to liberalize its public image, the Army sponsors a rock concert on base. The event turns into a major rebellion with thousands of GIs fighting MPs, trashing a Greyhound bus and burning down the drill sergeant's headquarters.
1971 - November 6 - Fort Ord - GIs attempt to steal small plane with intention of flying to Amchitka and stop nuclear test.

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Fort Ord Riots and Rebellions 1965-1973

The above four images: Fort Ord Stockade Guard Houses in 2013, constructed in 1941. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade, Las Animas concrete company's work yard and the Guard Houses in 2013, constructed in 1941. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. Several views of the main stockade building and Las Animas concrete company's work yard. The image in the lower righthand corner is where the Las Animas concrete company moved the sand pile so we could gain access to the stockade buildings. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above image of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. Erik Zaborsky, at the time Assistant Field Manager (Fort Ord National Monument (First, second, and third image take a look at the outside of main stockade building. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. As we entered the Fort Ord Stockade buildings the above images were our first views. It was and rather eerie feeling knowing what the history of this prison was and the men who put their time in here. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above two images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. General images of the interior of the stockade. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. Last three images are the Kitchen and prisoner mess. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above four images of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. Kitchen and prisoner mess. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

The above image of the Fort Ord Stockade taken in 2013. Kitchen and prisoner mess. All images are copyrighted by the U.S. Army Veterinary Corps Historical Preservation Group, Greg Krenzelok, all rights reserved.

STATION VETERINARY HOSPITAL BARRACK T-3132 FORT ORD AND THE 902nd MILITARY INTELLIGENCE GROUP INSCOM, ARMY COUNTERINTELLIGENCE DECTACHMENT
Building T-3132, Veterinary Section, 45-man barrack. Originally housed veterinary detachment of the 1st Veterinary Company (2nd Platoon) c1941-42. Later housed the 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment.

The 902nd Military Intelligence Group INSCOM, Army Counterintelligence Detachment was located in T-3132 for many years and until Fort Ord Closed in 1994. Several former MPs has told me they would deliver and return prisoners from the Fort Ord Stockade to this building but was never allowed to go inside. There was a great mystery about what went on inside T-3132 and the padded interrogation room on the second floor. What went on in this building was very secretive during the Cold War, Vietnam to the Gulf War and is another great part of the history of Fort Ord. When I first enter T-3132 in 2009 working on my Station Veterinary Hospital research work with the permission of the Water District it was still filled with 902nd's paperwork and materials that were left when they moved out of T-3132 and Fort Ord in 1994. A special security team at this time went in and cleared the building of some still classified material. It was interesting to walk into the old barrack and to see pretty much like it was left when the 902nd Military Intelligence Group exited the building. There were many calendars, paperwork and rosters dated 1993 still on the wall and it was like walking into a time capsule.

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Station Veterinary Hospital Barrack T-3132 Fort Ord, California

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FORT ORD STATION VETERINARY HOSPITAL U.S. ARMY HORSE c1941
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Fort Ord U.S. Army Station Veterinary Hospital (Horse) WW2

FORT ORD STATION HOSPITAL, c1941 WW2
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Fort Ord Station Hospital c1941

11TH CAVALRY PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, 1919 TO 1940
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11th Cavalry Presidio of Monterey, 1919 to 1940

76TH FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, 1922 TO 1940
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76th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Battalion

EAST GARRISON/CAMP ORD 1940's ARMY BUILDING DOCUMENTATION
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East Garrison/Camp Ord 1940's Army Building Documentation 2013

FORT ORD U.S. ARMY POST STOCKADE IN IMAGES
Fort Ord U.S. Army Post Stockade in Images

BRIEF HISTORY GENERAL ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, COMMANDER: VII ARMY CORPS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA DEFENSE SECTOR AND CONNECTION WITH FORT ORD WW2
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General Richardson Fort Ord Defense of West Coast

7TH DIVISION HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, FORT ORD, 1941 WW2, GENERAL STILWELL
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7th Division Headquarters Buildings, Fort Ord, 1941, General Stilwell

FORT ORD BUILDINGS, COMPLETION REPORT IMAGES 1941-1942
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Fort Ord Buildings, Completion Report Images 1941-1942

250TH COAST ARTILLERY CAMP MCQUAIDE CALIFORNIA 1941
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250th Coast Artillery Camp McQuaide California 1941

THE ARMY VETERINARY SERVICE DURING THE GREAT WAR, WW1
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Veterinary Corps in WW1

LEONARD PATRICK MURPHY U.S. ARMY VETERINARY CORPS, A.E.F., WW1
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Leonard Murphy in WW1

U.S. ARMY VETERINARY CORPS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION GROUP

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