re: Any other former active duty Marine or Sailor stationed in Barstow?

I used to work with a guy who was stationed at Shemya in the Aleutians with the Air Force. The wind blew all the time, there were no trees, no wildlife except some kind of small gopher like mammal, and no leisure activity except drinking or hiking-if you didn't get too close to the water, because rogue waves would come up and wash you away. This was during the sixties, and he said guys would volunteer for Vietnam to get away from the place.

One time a civilian airliner made an emergency landing, and they had to post guards to keep guys from rushing the plane to see a woman.