Virgil Banning, 34, a wearer of the Purple Heart, became the first veteran to occupy a quonset hut in the new Rodger Young Village in Griffith Park on April 22, 1946. Left to right, N. L. Pulley, Merl Horn, county American Legion commander; Banning and Mel Young, housing committee chairman.
Banning, Virgil Pulley, N. L Horn, Merl Young, Mel Rodger Young Village (Los Angeles, Calif.) Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, California Public housing--California--Los Angeles Buildings, Temporary--California--Los Angeles Veterans--United States Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Young, Rodger Wilton,1918-1943
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