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Title: Funeral of Pfc. David M. Gonzales, Los Angeles, 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: February 6, 1949
1949-02-06
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Pfc. David Gonzales, who fought and died in the Philippines during World War Two, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Tribute to Hero--The Flag-draped casket of Pfc. David M. Gonzales, only Los Angeles Medal of Honor winner in the last war, is carried from Church of Our Lady of Talpa after official ceremonies. Gonzales gave life in Philippines to save three others from death.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b58_56072
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Medal of Honor
Events
People
Mexican American soldiers
Legal
Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Gonzales, David M
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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