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Description:: Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, 1935. The ceremonies were held at the Memorial Coliseum, where veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War attended, and several bands entertained the crowd.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Bonus marchers sign up to march northward to San Francisco, and then continue on to Washington D.C. The Bonus Army consisted of World War I veterans and their families who pursued immediate payment of their service certificates.
Date:: [circa May 26, 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Sailors and civilians on Main Street in downtown Los Angeles to celebrate Japan's surrender during World War II.
Date:: August 15 and 16, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Colonel Arthur N. Jorgensen from the 160th Infantry watches for air raids during a military show for National Defense Week. The show was held at the Los Angeles Airport and more than 60 officers and men participated.
Date:: February 11, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Soldier holding the U.S. Army's new Garand rifle, called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world.” The Garand rifle went on display in Los Angeles as part of National Defense week. The rifle, which fires 54 rounds per minute compared to its predecessor’s 10 rounds per minute, is named after its inventor, John C. Garand.
Date:: February 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Captain Lars H. Weseth of the State fisheries research ship the N.B. Scofield looking through a sextant. Captain Weseth and the N.B. Scofield recently returned from a 10 week survey trip of tropical tuna grounds and tuna migration habits. The ship sailed around the Galapagos Islands conducting the most extensive surveys ever done on the Pacific.
Date:: May 23, 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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