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.
The county seat is Stockton. San Joaquin County comprises the Stockton-Lodi, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. The county is located in the Central Valley, just east of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region.