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Title
17-gun salute for heroes
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1945
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph caption dated June 9, 1945 reads, "Coporal [sic] Joe Wojcik of Fort MacArthur stands beside a cannon on historic Fort Moore, where a 17-gun salute was fired today welcoming Generals George S. Patton Jr. and Jimmy Doolittle."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00074417
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1065
CARL0000078438
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/24315
Subject
Los Angeles City Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles County Hall of Justice
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes--California--Los Angeles
Memorials--California--Los Angeles
Office buildings--California--Los Angeles
City halls--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Public buildings--California--Los Angeles
Ordnance
Fort Moore Hill (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Patton, George S.(George Smith),1885-1945
Doolittle, James Harold,1896-1993

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