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Sign on a fence at the Camp Pendleton Marine Base warns the public that this portion of the beach is restricted to military personnel: photo by Charles O'Rear, May 1975 for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica Project (US National Archives)
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Among the reasons why the beach is beautiful is
Among the reasons why the beach is beautiful is
The music on the radio is alright
Because it has nothing to do with you
And still it reminds me of something
Has to do with you,
..........Cathy
On my way to Vietnam. And loving
Your dope too
....La Jolla
Where even the freaks ask dumb questions about you
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................When worlds Collide on tv
That is our talk here; sweating
And dirty
...Where through the wood a moiré ribbon
Runs
...Speeding linnet and the circling crow
Above
Pendleton
Studying war
Lorenzo Thomas (1944-2005): from Fit Music: California Songs, 1970 (1972)
Marine vehicles on maneuvers along the ocean at the Camp Pendleton base: photo by Charles O'Rear, May 1975 for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica Project (US National Archives)
Employee near the construction site for the expansion of the San Onofre nuclear generating plant, San Clemente, California, warns swimmers to detour to the beach.Located south of Los Angeles, the work area has a sea wall which forces swimmers to detour and swim about 100 yards to reach the other beach area: photo by Charles O'Rear, June 1975 for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica Project (US National Archives)