A group of 114 volunteers for the Maritime Service, the largest contingent from Southern California, is shown before they left for Avalon, Catalina Island, where they will undergo 6 to 14 weeks of training. Photo dated: July 22, 1945.
Merchant marine--United States Men--California--Los Angeles Recruiting and enlistment Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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