Editing Seal Beach, California (section)

=== World War II ===
In early 1944. during [[World War II]], the Navy purchased most of the land around Anaheim Landing to construct the [[United States Navy]]'s [[Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach]] for loading, unloading, and storing of ammunition for the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], and especially those US Navy warships home-ported in [[Long Beach]] and [[San Diego]]. With closure of the [[Concord Naval Weapons Station]] in Northern California, it has become the primary source of munitions for a majority of the [[United States Pacific Fleet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cnrsw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/WPNSTA-Seal-Beach/ |title=Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach |website=www.cnic.navy.mil |access-date=October 15, 2008}}</ref>  The arrival of the Navy catalyzed a growth in population which eventually succeeded in shutting down Robertson's gambling operations.

Surfing has always had a presence in Seal Beach. Newspaper advertisements showing surfers were part of Guy M. Rush's "Seal Beach" campaign of 1913. The town hosted the mainland's first surfing competition—it was at a private gathering of the annual Minnesota Picnic. But its popularity really took off after the war with the arrival of legendary surfer Blackie August, who taught many of the local kids how to surf. August's son, Robert, was one of the pair of surfers featured in the classic surf film, ''Endless Summer''. Local legends Jack Haley and Mike Haley were the winners of the first two national surfing championships.

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Image:SealBeach-1920.jpg|Seal Beach amusement park, 1920.
File:Anaheim Landing aerial photo, Seal Beach, circa 1930s.jpg|Anaheim Landing aerial photo, circa 1930s
File:Anaheim Landing (P5470).jpg|Anaheim Landing 1891
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