The San Mateo County coast´s role in WWII
(World News USA)

The San Mateo County coast played an important part in World War II, an historical fact that surfaced recently when the county planning commission held hearings on a plan to build 71 affordable housing units in Moss Beach, once home to an anti-aircraft training base that saw more than 320,000 soldiers and sailors pass through its gates. Little remains of the Twelfth Naval District´s Anti-Aircraft Training Center. Among the remnants of the gunnery school are weapon platforms and ammunitions bunkers located on Montara Water and Sanitary District land. The base was one of many military facilities that sprung up on the coast after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl...