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Photograph caption dated March 13, 1962 reads, "Only three World War II Japanese fighter planes, called Zeros, are known to be still in existence. Two are at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and the other was recently discovered in a city-owned collection of antique vehicles stored in Griffith Park. But Mayor Samuel W. Yorty has turned the plane over to the American Fighter Aces Association for repair and restoration so the craft, captured in 1943, can be returned to Japan this summer for the first postwar gathering of U.S. and Japanese aces. Viewing the Japanese Zero at its Griffith Park location are, from left, Mike Brown assistant recreation director; Mike Hoberman and Fredericka Orr."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
American Fighter Aces Association Women--California--Los Angeles Parks--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Fighter planes--Japan Fighter planes Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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