| This 1946 aerial of the 32nd
Street Naval Base was taken during the
two-year period when Howard Rozelle was in
partnership with H. A. "Jimmy " Erickson.
Somewhere in the middle of the photo is the
Quonset Hut the Fry family lived in when we
were transferred to San Diego from Long Beach
in 1949. Long-time San Diegans will recall the
not-so-pleasant aroma that hung over this
area. A sewage outflow, I think -- John Fry
'62
My parents moved into the
Quonsets in 1948, when we came back from
Guam. I remember we were a little bummed. In
Guam we had a whole Quonset. In National
City we had half of one. I do remember we
were on the westerly end, and had a real
"Ice Box". The Ice man came several times a
week. We were there during the rainy season.
It seems to me that it rained all the time
we were there. Do you remember the guy who
came around with the semi-trailer that was
converted into a movie theater on Saturday
mornings. I think it cost a dime to go to
the movies. My friends and I walked up to
the elementary school. I don't remember the
name. I am still in touch with one of the
guys. We met again working at Navy hospital,
and again working in the hospitals, when we
got out of the Navy. I went to Grant for a
while, but that is in Mission Hills -- Pat
Chamber ‘60
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