I was in a USMC family and knew Camp Elliot well and Camp Matthews too.
I recall the kids being killed by the old ordnance. It wasn't all that
uncommon and even now Tierra Santa has stuff uncovered during
construction projects as you know. I spent many a day on the range at
Matthews with my Dad (he was a Master Sergeant). I can remember when
Pacific Coast highway was covered with camo netting and lots of false
buildings to disguise the old Convair and Consolidated Vultee plants.
The buildings at MCRD were all camo and when I was a DI there in the
late 50's, some of the roofs were still camo tile!
Early 40's we lived just up the hill from Lindberg a couple blocks and
had an anti-aircraft battery across the street (Army) and we'd go visit
with those guys. Later we moved out to Azure Vista towards the end of
the war. Seems surreal to fly around SAN and remember all the old
airports that are vague memories now and to see how it has changed in
the last 60+ years. Wowwwwwww............
Rocky