Guards Shoot at Car Refusing to Halt Outside Army Camp; Man Near Death

Posted on April 5, 2012 by lmharnisch

April 5, 1942, Women in Uniform

April 5, 1942, Sentries Shoot Driver

April 5, 1942: Sentries fire at a car that refused to stop on a street leading to the Army camp in Alondra Park.  Ralph W. Spaulding, 26, was hospitalized after being shot in the head. Bessie Edwards, who suffered a broken leg when the car hit a tree after the shooting, said she didn’t remember who was driving.

April 5, 1942, Sentries Fire at Car

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2 Responses to Guards Shoot at Car Refusing to Halt Outside Army Camp; Man Near Death

  1. Charles Seims's avatar Charles Seims says:
    April 9, 2012 at 7:53 pm

    Anyone know where the Alondra Park Army Camp was and what the military did there (besides shooting civilians)?

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