Funeral of Pfc. David M. Gonzales, Los Angeles, 1949

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Title
Funeral of Pfc. David M. Gonzales, Los Angeles, 1949
Date Created
February 6, 1949
Publisher
Los Angeles Times
Language
No linguistic content
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
Description
Pfc. David Gonzales, who fought and died in the Philippines during World War Two, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Caption
Tribute to Hero--The Flag-draped casket of Pfc. David M. Gonzales, only Los Angeles Medal of Honor winner in the last war, is carried from Church of Our Lady of Talpa after official ceremonies. Gonzales gave life in Philippines to save three others from death.

Keywords

Genre
news photographs
Subjects
Mexican American soldiers
Legal
People
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Events
Medal of Honor
Names
Gonzales, David M.
Location
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude
34.037091
Latitude
-118.204819
Resource type
still image

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier
uclamss_1429_b58_56072
ARK
ark:/13030/hb4m3nb2zd
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The Regents of the University of California
Rights Country
US
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