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What’s interesting to me is that there are so few stories about the military presence between the years 1942 and 454. Those two years are the silent years, the secret years, the years of self-censorship. In addition to the self-censorship, The only information the government allowed was essentially war propaganda. Where are the photographs of …
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February 1945 From the Half Moon Bay Review (Photo: In Half Moon Bay, during WWII, there was a parade on Main Street, in support of the troops overseas. Courtesy Spanishtown Historical Society.) February 1945 From the Half Moon Bay Review “Nine Live, 171 Others Die; St. Canadas Has Close Call” “Wounded three times in his …
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January 1945 From the Half Moon Bay Review “Here’s an important ration reminder. When applying for gasoline rations, all motorists who have “A” cars must present to the local War Price and Rationing Boards their mileage ration records. “This form was given to all “A” book holders during the re-regisration and must accompany all applications …
February 1945 From the Half Moon Bay Review (Note: S/Sgt Dunn is the son of Mr and Mrs. George Dunn, Editor and Publisher of The Review and Pebble. He has been stationed in the Pacific War Area for the past 18 months…S/Sgt George Dunn is with the Sixth Army Corps, the 160th Infantry of the …
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(Photo: Elaine Martini Teixeira at far right, with sister Loretta.) “Some probably drove a vehicle, the sailors that were permanently stationed there. We got to know a few of them: a cook, butcher, and chief petty officer of the commissary; they drove down. The main group of sailors only stayed a short time to practice …
Special thanks to John Vonderlin ([email protected]) for the following post. From: Coast Dairies Property: A Land Use History, click here “The Davenport cement plant (it became Pacific Cement and Aggregates in 1956, Lonestar Cement Corporation in 1965 and RMC Pacific Materials in 1988), brought immediate military attention to the North Coast following the attack on …
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Bobbi Ballard Pimentel remembers: My Dad, Robert (Bob) Ballard was born in Pescadero along with 11 other brothers and sisters….he took me to the tunnels on several occasions and told me that they were used to store guns and ammunition during the war. He helped ‘build’ them. I do not recall where the others were …
When I first landed on the Coastside, and became intrigued with local history, I met with Louie Miguel, whose father, Joseph, was one of the masterminds behind the spectacular Palace Miramar Hotel. Louie offered good background info and also talked about the US military taking over his father’s buildings during WWII. [The military moved into …
(Photo at right: Shirley Thackara in the PQ14 at the Moss Beach military airstrip) Former Air Force Service Pilot Shirley Thackara returned to the Coastside in 1993 to reclaim WWII memories of flying PQ14s, tiny planes, so tiny only one person could fit inside. She flew the PQ14 out of a military airstrip in Moss …
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a child at the time. Elaine lived with her family in Moss Beach near Sunshine Valley Road (the lovely “connector” road between Montara and Moss Beach.) Dad owned a bar frequented by the sailors at the nearby naval station. Mom took care of her children and helped her husband. “I guess the military men came …