From the 8 December 2021 Military.com Stars and Stripes "The Marine Corps owns part of Route 66 , so it made a special eagle, globe and anchor form it" by Chad Garland.
There's a Marine Corps logistics base in California's high desert outside Barstow that has one of the Corp's iconic emblem unlike any you'll find anywhere else.
Its symbol is made up of a highway shield superimposed over the Marine Emblem and is found on signs lining the shoulder of the Joseph L. Boll Avenue on the base that is a part of the original Route 66 at the Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow.
This emblem recognizes the base's distinction as being the only military base in the country to have an actual part of the Mother Road running directly through it.
This section of road, however, has been off limits to the public since 1964, after Interstate 40 was built through the area.
There are also large Route 66 stencils on the pavement of the 1.7 mile stretch which passes the commissary and the Leatherneck Lanes bowling alley.
Last month, it was used in the base's Marine Corps birthday cake and there is also a towering sculpture of the sign.
--RoadMarine
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