OORAH TO OUR SAN DIEGO CHAPTER! Three hundred yards from one of the fireworks barges, a picket boat full of Marines -- MCRA members -- took up watch to keep spectator vessels at a safe distance. Over half a million San Diegans watched this year's show -- biggest on the West coast! MCRA's H.M.Smith chapter represented the boat crew, as it has for several years past. The Chapter is planning a meeting get together for later this Fall at the MCRD O'Club, now called the "Bayview". That's been traditional meeting place since the 1940's and the National President is expected to fly out and attend!