The Last Campaign Mindanao â March â99 World War II FeatureThe Last Campaign Mindanao An 18-year-old soldier who entered combat during the final days of the war in the Philippines was forever changed by his experience.
Stockton is situated amidst the farmland of California's San Joaquin Valley, a subregion of the Central Valley. In and around Stockton are thousands of miles of waterways, which make up the California Delta. Interstate 5 and State Route 99, inland California's major north-south highways, pass through the city.
Stockton is on the southeast corner of the broad delta formed by the confluence of the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers. The surrounding terrain is flat, irrigated farm and orchard land near sea level. The Sierra Nevada foothills rise about 25 miles to the east and northeast.