Hello, Our dad took us to the Silver Strand Beach side of the San Diego Bay. We had driven down from Long Beach and stayed at a motel in Chula Vista. So, we drove straight through downtown San Diego along the harbor to Chula Vista down at the Southern end of the huge bay. He was given instructions by a friend from San Diego to go fishing along the shoreline at the Silver Strand Beach on the ocean side of the bay. After our motel stay, we drove to the Silver Strand Area and fished for a couple of hours of shore style fishing. Empty beaches are always good for shore to ocean fishing. It was a barren area and for a mile or two down the coast to Mexico and North to Coronado City/U.S. Naval base, it was empty. After the morning fishing day and beach day for us little kids, we got to go to the city of Coronado for some ice cream and a ride on the ferry back across the bay to the downtown area part of the harbor. We could have taken the ferry from the downtown location, but, he had friends, South in Chula Vista he wanted to visit. Jnaki We had taken an auto ferry ride plenty of times crossing the Los Angeles/San Pedro Harbor from Long Beach to San Pedro/Palos Verdes Peninsula so, we were old hands at ferry rides. But, this one was new for us. Note: Many years later, my wife and I sailed in the San Diego Harbor many times and our last sailboat was purchased/docked there. We drove all over outside of the big bay during our “off sailing” hours. So, yes, we took the whole circumference highway roads all around the big bay from downtown to the Baja border to the ocean and back up past the Silver Strand Area to Coronado. Then we took the ferry one time back to downtown San Diego. We could have taken the Coronado Bridge, as it has been there since 1967. But, the ferry on the water is always a better way to enjoy the big bay. YRMV
I noticed that, too. I certainly don't know the whole story but I have heard that as the war went on whole families were background checked in great detail and then moved to the Midwest and Eastern states with family members going to work in some defense factories. Same thing for young men of Japanese ancestry but born in America. By 1943 there were Japanese serving in all branches of the American military with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team that served in Europe being the most well known. Before the war was over there were something like 35,000 Japanese Americans in the US military.
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