Camp Ashby was a temporary U.S. Army installation sited in Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...

 during World War II

World War II

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. The base was named for Ashby Avenue, a nearby thoroughfare (at the time, part of State Highway 24, now 13

State Route 13 (California)

State Route 13 is a state highway in California. It is a short loop in Alameda County currently built from Interstate 580 in Oakland to Interstate 80/Interstate 580 in Berkeley....

), which in turn was named for one of Berkeley's earliest settlers, William Ashby (Aug.1, 1819-July 12, 1896).

Camp Ashby was used to quarter and train the 779th Military Police Battalion, an African American unit led by white officers.