ECP0916

Hardcover calender book from 1919 including manuscript poems laid in with with poems and various articles pasted in. Also contains news article "Fleet of 45 Navy Vessels Find Plenty of Room in Great Harbor" (Great Harbor is located in San Diego.

Author's name signed towards the end as a Trummpeter at the Naval Air Station in San Diego 1919.

During World War II North Island was the major continental U.S. base supporting the operating forces in the Pacific. Those forces included over a dozen aircraft carriers, the Coast Guard, Army, Marines and Seabees. The city of Coronado became home to most of the aircraft factory workers and dependents of the mammoth base which was operating around the clock. Major USO entertainment shows and bond drives were held weekly at the Ship's Service auditorium, which was later replaced by the 2,100 seat Lowry Theater. Famous people stationed here or on ships home ported here during the war years included Douglas Fairbanks Jr.[citation needed] Guy Madison, future television cowboy star of the 1950s and 1960s as Wild Bill Hickok, was at that time Seaman Bob Mosely, a lifeguard at the NAS crews' pool. Stars like the Marx Brothers and Bob Hope appeared regularly at USO shows at the auditorium.