Troops of the Fortieth Military Police Company of the National Guard shared embraces with wives and sweethearts in last moments before four trains took the men to Camp Cooke on September 6, 1950. Mrs. Barbara Sumner kisses her husband, Corporal Leslie Sumner, goodbye under the gun of a tank at the National Guard Armory. They live in Inglewood at 304 East Plymouth Blvd.
Sumner, Leslie Sumner, Barbara California.--National Guard Soldiers--California--Los Angeles Military maneuvers--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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