Didn't the 1st Mar Div leave from San Diego to go to Korea? And then most of the Division would return to San Francisco for discharge or re-deployment. That is how my father got to Korea and back. I only went to San Diego once and that was by air. What got me was flying through the mountains and then past the Recruit Depot, with all of it's hills… and then down to the airport. And I mean down to the airport. It actually slanted down hill from the plane as it was landing. Kind of a different experience for a flat landed Floridian. We don't have those kinds of airports down there…