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Description:: People 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:: Called the “deadliest and most efficient rifle in the world” the U.S. Army’s new 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:: Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:: November 22, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:: November 22, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Admiral William F. Halsey ended his 45-year naval career aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota in the Los Angeles Harbor. He commanded the Third Fleet during the Pacific War against Japan. The ceremony consisted of the changing of his four-starred flag to the two-starred flag of his successor, Rear-Admiral Howard F. Kingman. The ship's entire company was present during the brief ceremony. After the ceremony, Halsey left the battleship on a crash boat and the U.S.S. South Dakota fired a 17-gun salute.
Date:: November 22, 1945
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Military personnel practice a water rescue during the Army-Navy Maneuvers that took place off the coast of Southern California at the end of 1946. The goal of the war games was to practice two maneuvers: Operation Mountain Goat, an amphibious landing designed to dislodge "enemy" troops, and Operation Oilskin, a landing to cut off "enemy" communications. The Army, Navy, and Marine Corps aircrafts participated in the exercise.
Date:: November and December 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: F.W. Fetherston from Corvallis, Oregon points to an area of rust on a truck for sale at the War Assets Administration's surplus truck and trailer sale at Port Hueneme. The sale was open to veterans only and included 5499 vehicles valued at about $14,000,000 total.
Date:: between May 20 and May 26, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Camp Ord was the tent city that served as barracks for Fort Ord soldiers during World War Two.
Date:: ca. 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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