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Former Arcadia resident, Chris Wachter, who is an Air Force captain and served in the Iraq War, met with Temple city resident Vernon Isgrig who trained pilots during World War II. Isgrig encouraged Wachter to become a pilot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25502
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 7, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Wachter, Chris
Isgrig, Vernon
War - Iraq
Item ID
25701AN
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Men and women who served in battles from World War II to Desert Storm attended the ceremony at Arcadia County Park on Saturday to honor the veterans and to remember our servicemen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24770
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 10, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Veterans
Parks - Arcadia County Park
Item ID
24964AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadian Chris Wachter, now an Air Force captain, is lauded for his role in the War on Iraq.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25382
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
War - Iraq
Wachter, Chris
Item ID
25581AN
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World War II pilot Walter "Pat" Hollywood, a longtime Arcadia resident, celebrated Veterans Day and his 90th birthday yesterday. He was born in Pasadena in 1919 and served as an Army C-46 Commando pilot during World War II. He works out at the Fortanesce and Associates Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine Center in Arcadia and walks for an hour at the Los Angeles County Arboretum every day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31808
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 12, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Arcadia people
Hollywood, Walter "Pat" - biography
Nonagenarians
Veterans
Item ID
32005AN
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As part of the Veterans History Project, Bob Macy gives an interview to preserve his war stories and experiences. Bob Macy is shown in a photograph with the leather flight jacket he used as a B-24 co-pilot in the 8th Air Force based in England.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29072
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 13, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Library of Congress
Veterans History Project
Oral History
War Storie
Macy, Bob
Soldiers
Interviews
Item ID
29258AN
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Newspaper Index
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Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to support legislation establishing February 19 as "Remembrance Day" for those Japanese who were sent to internment camps during World War II. Locally, an internment camp was set up at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25134
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 19, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25329AN
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Funeral services were held Tuesday at Arlington Mortuary in Riverside for Edwin Francis Lindros of Arcadia. He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war in World War II.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24381
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Lindros, Edwin Francis
Item ID
24572AN
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A new magazine called "Atomic Ranch" will be dedicated to the boxy tract homes built after World War II and found in Arcadia, Duarte and Hastings Ranch and east Pasadena.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27385
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 19, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Housing
Item ID
27584AN
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Ed Inouye of West Covina, whose family was sent to the internment camp at Santa Anita Park during World War II, died on February 19th. He was instrumental in getting the government to pay reparations to some of the imprisoned families.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25195
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 21, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Inouye, Ed
Japanese Internment Camps
Santa Anita Park - Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
25391AN
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Newspaper Index
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Writer Charles Cooper continues his series of articles called "Memories of Arcadia" with a history and description of the U.S. Army Balloon School that was at Camp Ross (or Ross Field) in Arcadia during World War I. The balloon school was located on the current site of Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31584
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Camp Ross
U.S. Army Balloon School-Ross Field-Arcadia, CA
World War I
Item ID
31780AN
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Ryan Marks and Connor Brucker pose with their favorite books at Arcadia Public Library, in celebration of National Library Week.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31710
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. 23
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 24, 2008
Pages
p. 23
Subjects
Brucker, Connor
Marks, Ryan
Miller, Terry
National Library Week
Item ID
31907AN
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The Breeders' Cup, known as the world championship of horse racing, was held at Santa Anita Park last Friday and Saturday. The event has helped the local economy in Arcadia, with an estimated $50 million spent on restaurants, hotels, wagering, taxis, etc.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31798
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. A10
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Item ID
31995AN
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Albert Cruz, 2002 graduate of Arcadia High School, has been deployed to the Middle East to fight in the war against Iraq.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25306
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 21, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cruz, Albert
War - Iraq
Item ID
25504AN
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A new exhibit at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum is about the Santa Anita Assembly Center, a temporary facility at Santa Anita Park that held Japanese Americans before they were sent to more permanent internment camps during World War II. The opening reception will feature speakers Osamu Miyamoto, Akkiko Nomura and others. Dana Dunn is the curator.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31821
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 13, 2009
Pages
p. Weekend 1, 2
Subjects
Dunn, Dana
Miyamoto, Osamu
Nomura, Akkiko
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Item ID
32018AN
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A photograph of Gene Glasco, a 55-year resident of Arcadia and a Vietnam War veteran, views a display of his war memorabilia in the new Arcadia Veterans Local History Room at the Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31023
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 2008
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 8, 2008
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Glasco, Gene
Ruth and Charles Gilb Arcadia Historical Museum - exhibits
Veterans
Item ID
31218AN
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The California Highway Patrol freeway pursuit of suspected drunk driver Alexander Contreras led to the death of an innocent bystander, Michael Kim, 20, of Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30783
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 2, 2007
Pages
p. News 1, 17
Subjects
Contreras, Alexander
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Drunk drivers
Kim, Michael
Police chases
Item ID
30971AN
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Hall of Fame jockey and Sierra Madre resident Gary Stevens is doing well after a fall that injured his lung and shoulders at the Arlington Million. Stevens, in his first acting role, starred as George "The Iceman" Woolf in the Universal film, Seabiscuit. Stevens has won the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31839
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Actors
Jockeys
Stevens, Gary
Item ID
32036AN
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A tribute to the nation's veterans was held at the County Park in Arcadia. The event was called "Remembering Our Veterans and Their Families."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29539
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 29, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Memorial Day - 2005
Holidays
Celebrations
Veterans
Item ID
29723AN
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Vietnam veteran Bob Wieland was honored by the Arcadia City Council on Tuesday night. Wieland lost both his legs while serving in the war.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24380
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 4, 2002
Pages
p. A3 w/photo
Subjects
Wieland, Bob
Item ID
24571AN
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Featured articles on Seabiscuit include quotes from the book, readers remembering the horse, locals used as extras in the filming of the movie at Santa Anita Park, silver lined hooves on display at the California the Thoroughbred Association's library, information on Gary Stevens, and interviews with author Laura Hillenbrand.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25866
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2003
Pages
p. A12, A13, C1, U6. U10, U13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 20, 2003
Pages
p. A12, A13, C1, U6. U10, U13
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Filmmaking
Moving pictures
Item ID
26066AN
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Newspaper Index
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