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Title: Bob Weiland, disabled veteran, participating in Los Angeles Marathon, 1987
Contributor: Gladstone, Penni
Date Created and/or Issued: February 26, 1987
1987-02-26
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: Getting a jump--Bob Weiland, who lost both legs to a mine in Vietnam in 1969, got an early--if unauthorized --start Wednesday on the Los Angeles Marathon. Weiland, who uses his hands to propel himself, plans to finish with the rest of the participating runners on Sunday.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b3826_304890-1
ark:/21198/zz0002q75j
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans
Events
Athletes with disabilities--California, Southern
People
Los Angeles Marathon, Los Angeles, Calif
Sports
Disabled veterans--United States
Weiland, Bob
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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