Uh Harry, you can leave anytime - if I had my way we'd swap houses.  OLF was welcomed in 1942, Coupeville encroached.
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Proof from The Mouth of OLF?  Aerial at link is is 1943: https://flic.kr/p/qR95wv
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Since it's clear Harry you want to close the base, let me point out you are a retired schoolteacher who gets your pension from Oak Harbor School District.  Hmmmmmm........... payback time coming right up.
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Joe