Sagami General Depot

Sagami General Depot
Sagamihara, Japan

Home of the 35th Supply & Service Battalion
Type Military Base
Built 1935
Controlled by Japan
United States

Sagami General Depot is a United States Army post located in the city of Sagamihara, in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about 40 km (25 mi) southwest of Tokyo.

The Depot

Sagami General Depot is located in the city of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Sagami Depot is home to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), the Defense Commissary Agency Central Distribution Center, the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine-Pacific, The US Army Science and Technology Center Far East, the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office for US forces in Japan, and Army Medical Storage.

History

From 1935 to the end of WWII, this location was known as the Sagami Army Arsenal, where Mitsubishi developed and manufactured tanks for use by the Imperial Japanese Army.

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