Seventy years ago, this week, the Commandant of the U.S. Navy’s Eleventh Naval District declared that the City of Los Angeles was out-of-bounds for all enlisted personnel. It was a radical move that prompted press attention and pleas from the mayor. But it was for a good reason.
June 3-4, 1943 marks the beginning of a week long series of fights that would continue through the week between U.S. Navy personnel and Mexican “zoot suiters” in Los Angeles.
Explore the 70th Anniversary of the Zoot Suit Riots through the records of the U.S. Navy. This notice is from records at the National Archives at Riverside created by the Commandant of the Eleventh Naval District (RG 181).
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