I had almost forgot the plaque erected in the picnic grove behind H-1. It reads:
COMBAT SYSTEMS
TECHNICAL SCHOOLS COMMAND
MARE ISLAND
MEMORIAL PARK
TO THE HONOR AND MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO HAVE SERVED AT C.S.T.S.C. AND
WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN
DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY AND IN
PROTECTION OF WORLD PEACE.
MAY THEY ALWAYS BE PRESENT WITH US.
MAY THEIR SACRIFICE NEVER BE IN VAIN.
MAY THEY NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
DATE OF DEDICATION 01 JUNE 1992
DEDICATED BY CAPT V. E. AESCHLEMAN