Whereas Camp Pendleton, California, has been a critical training base for the United States Marines for 75 years, and upon the anniversary of its three-quarters of a century of service, it is deserving of the highest commendations and the heartiest congratulations; Whereas in March 1942, Rancho Santa Margarita y Las Flores was purchased for $4.2 million and officially named after retired Major General Joseph Henry Pendleton, who lived in southern California and was a strong advocate for a Marine Corps west coast training base before his death in February 1942; Whereas, on September 25, 1942, in an unpublicized visit to the base, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the new training base as Marine Barracks, Camp Joseph H. Pendleton; Mary Fay Pendleton, the widow of Major General Pendleton, assisted with the raising of the flag; Gunnery Sergeant Carl A. Ostrom presented the Colors; and Governor Culbert L. Olson of California was also in attendance; Whereas throughout the next few years as the base was growing, Marines trained for combat in the Pacific, and Pendleton-trained Marines fought at Bougainville, Tarawa, Cape Gloucester, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa; Whereas a group of American Indians known as the Navajo Code Talkers were trained at Camp Pendleton during World War II, and these communication specialists successfully confused the Japanese who were unable to decipher their unique code based on their unwritten native tongue; Whereas in 1946, Camp Pendleton was declared a permanent installation and became the permanent home to the 1st Marine Division in 1947, and in July 1950, the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Edward Craig, left Camp Pendleton for combat in Korea; Whereas in fall 1951, to train the Marines for the extremes of temperature found in Korea, a satellite camp was established at Pickel Meadows in the High Sierras, which continues today to train Marines in severe cold weather situations and in mountain warfare techniques