My college classrooms are always full of veterans. That’s because San Diego is home to half a dozen military installations,including Naval Base San Diego, NAS North Island, and the Naval Amphibious Base,and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Prior to World War II, the Naval Training middle on San Diego’s waterfront prepared tens of thousands of recruits for service, or while less than ten miles absent,San Diego State College was busy educating young men and women in the arts and sciences, and readying them for war. As the students began leaving for military service, and one geography professor,Dr. Lauren Post,... Read the rest of this entry »
Source: navalhistory.org