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Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center is now the training center for the Los Angeles Fire Department. The training center was named after LAFD firefighter Frank Hotchkin (July 17, 1956 – Sept. 27, 1980), who died during a fire on September 27, 1980, after falling through a roof of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center.
Lomita Flight Strip, 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Downtown Torrance; Now: Zamperini Field (IATA: TOA, ICAO: KTOA, FAA LID: TOA) Mines Field (Los Angeles Municipal Airport), 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Los Angeles. Delivery airport for North American Aviation (AT-6, P-51, B-25) Delivery airport for Douglas Aircraft (SBD Dauntless)
Fort MacArthur is a former United States Army installation in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California (now the port community of Los Angeles). A small section remains in military use by the United States Air Force as a housing and administrative annex of Los Angeles Air Force Base. The fort is named after Lieutenant General Arthur MacArthur.
At the time it opened, it was "the only private school for boys in the City." [2] Its commandant was Major Harry Lee Black, who in 1928 helped found Black-Foxe Military Institute on Urban's original site. There was another site located on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and a block east of Barrington Avenue in West Los Angeles. This Academy was ...
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles (2 P) Pages in category "Military history of Los Angeles" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
It was a private military school that accepted boarding students and day school students, ages 6 to 18 years old. By 1931, it had 103 boarding students with tuition and board costing $725 (equivalent to $13,813 in 2024), 40 day students with tuition of $300 (equivalent to $5,715 in 2024), and 16 faculty members.
A post shared on X claims eight mansions belonging to Ukrainian military officials burned down in Los Angeles, California. Verdict: False There is no evidence of this claim. Fact Check: Social ...
In 1942, NAB San Pedro, now NAS Terminal Island, was designated for equipping and performing flight-tests on the large number of military aircraft fabricated at nearby plants in Southern California: Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft Company and & Vultee Aircraft. To facilitate delivery of these aircraft, the U.S. Navy established the Naval Air Ferry ...