Download or read book Exploring the Military History of Fort MacArthur and Palos Verdes written by James Shneer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history traces the evolution of the armaments and fortifications that came under the command of Fort MacArthur, with a focus on those that dotted the coastal hillsides of the Palos Verdes Peninsula and San Pedro, California. It also provides precise locations of the remnants of these fortifications to help readers explore for themselves. This 4th edition corrects minor errors, provides additional information on many of the weapons described, especially the Nike Hercules missile, and includes new photographs and drawings throughout. The Absaroka incident material has been expanded and the Battle of Los Angeles has been added. There are now short biographies of the Army officers after whom many of the batteries were named.Finally, there is a journal article describing the journey of one of Fort MacArthur's railway guns across country prepared by the captain responsible for the shipment. Book format is 8.5" x 11", B&W interior.
Download or read book Fort MacArthur written by Stephen R. Nelson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fort MacArthur, in San Pedro, became the Army's major regional induction center after Pearl Harbor, processing over three-quarters of a million soldiers into World War II. Named for Lt. Gen. Arthur MacArthur, a Civil War hero, military visionary, and father of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, "Fort Mac" began as a remote military reservation in 1888, was a full-fledged Coast Defense fort by 1923, a blur of GI activity as a portal to all theaters during World War II, a reserve base in 1946, a Nike missile installation in 1954, and again a military reserve base in 1976 following the Vietnam War. The base also played an important role in transforming San Pedro into the Port of Los Angeles, in implementing changes in military technology, in racial integration of the Army in the late 1930s, and in labor history as its soldiers became strikebreakers in the tense early days of the Second World War. The fort's museum, comprising 20 acres above the harbor, is a lasting reminder of the 20th century's vital West Coast national defense facilities.
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Download or read book Surplus Real Property and Consolidation of Supply Facilities of the Armed Services San Francisco Bay Area written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defending America s Coasts 1775 1950 written by Dale E. Floyd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surplus Real Property and Consolidation of Supply Facilities of Armed Services San Francisco Bay Area written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book San Pedro written by Joe McKinzie and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arcadia Publishings second collection of postcard images concerning the Los Angeles Harbor community of San Pedro follows the 2005 Postcard History Series volume San Pedro Bay. Where that work concentrated on the harbor and water aspects of the colloquially known Peedro, this new volume looks at the town and its development, buildings, businesses, streetscapes, and residences. The port village and town that grew from it has a rich and varied past with vital influence on the histories of the city of Los Angeles and California, and others no less epic than the sagas of the U.S. military, American labor unions, and world cargo shipping.
Download or read book Surplus Real Property and Consolidation of Supply Facilities of the Armed Services San Francisco Bay Area written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Built By WPA CCC 1933 1943 New Deal Historic Resources on Department of Defense Installations written by and published by HDR EOC. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The City Beneath written by Susan A. Phillips and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of Los Angeles told through the lens of the many marginalized groups—from hobos to taggers—that have used the city’s walls as a channel for communication Graffiti written in storm drain tunnels, on neighborhood walls, and under bridges tells an underground and, until now, untold history of Los Angeles. Drawing on extensive research within the city’s urban landscape, Susan A. Phillips traces the hidden language of marginalized groups over the past century—from the early twentieth-century markings of hobos, soldiers, and Japanese internees to the later inscriptions of surfers, cholos, and punks. Whether describing daredevil kids, bored workers, or clandestine lovers, Phillips profiles the experiences of people who remain underrepresented in conventional histories, revealing the powerful role of graffiti as a venue for cultural expression. Graffiti aficionados might be surprised to learn that the earliest documented graffiti bubble letters appear not in 1970s New York but in 1920s Los Angeles. Or that the negative letterforms first carved at the turn of the century are still spray painted on walls today. With discussions of characters like Leon Ray Livingston (a.k.a. “A-No. 1”), credited with consolidating the entire system of hobo communication in the 1910s, and Kathy Zuckerman, better known as the surf icon “Gidget,” this lavishly illustrated book tells stories of small moments that collectively build into broad statements about power, memory, landscape, and history itself.
Download or read book Southern California written by Carey McWilliams and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1973 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of Southern California, discussing the history of the region, seasons, Native Americans, missions, folklore, culture, Hollywood, politics, and more.
Download or read book Roster of Federal Libraries Alphabetically by State and City written by United States. Federal Library Committee and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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