 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Musi waFebruary 23, 1942, ngarava yeJapan yepasi pegungwa yakarwisa munda wemafuta weEllwoodkumadokero kweIsla Vista, uye mukupindura United States Marine Corps yakatora nyika pakarepo kumabvazuva kweIsla Vista zvino UCSB kambasi uye nyika iyo zvino inoumba Santa Barbara Airport. The Marine Corps yakatanga Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara sechinhu chinokosha ndege kudzidziswa Zvivako nokuda squadrons kurwisa vokuJapan muna Western Pacific, kunyanya yakakurumbira Blacksheep pamusoro VMF-214 vakadzidziswa pano kusvikira kwavo kwakaipa deployment mungarava USS Franklin CV-13. Mukuita kweiyi yakakosha nguva yehondo kuvandudzwa kwenzvimbo yendege, Mescalitan Island, musha wamambo wedzinza uye nzvimbo yemakuva matsvene eChumash, yakaparadzwa kuti izadze zvikamu zvakawanda zvasara zveGoleta Slough, yaimbova murwi wakakura waitsigira zviuru zvishoma zveChumash. Pane imwe nguva nzvimbo yacho yakanga yakadzika zvokuti vaongorori vokuSpain vaikwanisa kufamba nengarava pedyo nemakomo, kupfuura nzvimbo yazvino yeHollister Avenue. Zvisinei, panguva iyi, mvura yakawanda yakanga yafukidzwa nemafashamo makuru emuna 1861-62, uyewo netsvina yaibva pakurima kwaiitwa munharaunda yacho. Mauto eMarine Corps akazadza migero yakadzika yakanga yasara, zvikurukuru iyo zvino iri pasi penzira huru yokumhanya nendege inoshandiswa nokuda kwezvokufamba nendege nhasi. Mauto eMarine Corps akabva avaka nzvimbo yokugadzira tsvina panzvimbo tsvene yemakuva yeChumash yakanga yaparadzwa. Nhasi iyi inzvimbo yeGoleta Sanitary District. 