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Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara WWII

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Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara was established at the Santa Barbara Airport not long after the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the United States into World War II. Among the reasons? Already operational runways. (Santa Barbara Airport file photo)

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