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Brian Prosser had the unfortunate distinction of being the first soldier from California killed in Afghanistan. He died alongside two other soldiers and five anti-Taliban Afghan fighters when a US bomb missed its target. This is a cenotaph as he is actually at Arlington.

St Michael statue. The sculptor said...if he knew where it would be located he would have made it twice as large.

Rhode Lee Michelson was one of the US figure skaters who was killed, with all her teammates and coaches, in a plane crash on the way to the world championships.

Edward DeVore subsequently died after trying to rescue wounded soldiers. "Sp4c. DeVore, ignoring his pain and the warnings of his fellow soldiers, jumped to his feet and continued his assault under intense hostile fire."

Charles Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. Bukowski states that his father beat him with a razor strap three times a week from the ages of 6 to 11, and that it helped his writing, as he came to understand undeserved pain. Started drinking in his early teens. Failed an Army-entrance psychological test. Bukowski wrote the column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" for Los Angeles' Open City, an underground newspaper for 2 years.... 
View More After finally quitting his post office job, his first novel, finished a month later, was called "Post Office". Of "Don't try" on his marker: "Somebody at one of these places [...] asked me: 'What do you do? How do you write, create?' You don't, I told them. You don't try. That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more."

Dennes Dale Boon was a singer, songwriter and guitarist starting with The Reactionaries, but was best known as the guitarist and vocalist of the Californian punk rock trio Minutemen.

George Allen coached college football and in the NFL, and led the Redskins to Superbowl VII, losing to Miami. He lived locally, and last coached down the road at Cal St Long Beach. He never had a losing season.

Raymond Glenn acted in Westerns as Bob Custer in the 20's and '30's, and in non-westerns using his real name. After his acting career, he eventually became the chief building inspector in Newport Beach.

Donald Loker was a college athlete, then a professional football player before starting his acting career as Don Terry. He was featured in the Don Winslow series of movies in the 40's.

John Sublett, known as John Bubbles, was a vaudeville entertainer, most famous as a tap-dancer. He and his partner were the first black performers at Radio City Music Hall, in 1931.

John Logan acted in movies from 1952 to 1972, including Jailhouse Rock, Some Like It Hot, and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Paul Conrad was a political cartoonist for newspapers including for the Denver Post and the Los Angeles Times. Conrad wrote several books, and earned the Pulitzer Prize 1964, 1971 and 1984.

The St Peter's Episcopal church moved from downtown in San Pedro.

WWII memorial front.

San Pedro Veteran's memorial.

Adelle Davis was an author and nutritionist, recommending unprocessed food and vitamin supplements.She became the most popular nutritionist in the US, but she was also criticized (and sued) for many recommendations.

Edward DeVore subsequently died after trying to rescue wounded soldiers. "Sp4c. DeVore, ignoring his pain and the warnings of his fellow soldiers, jumped to his feet and continued his assault under intense hostile fire."

Roy Nakazawa died in a between an F-89 and the Douglas DC-7 he was navigating. The plane crashed into the Pacoima elementary school grounds.

Froilan Fernandez played four seasons in the Major Leagues, primarily as a third baseman, and shortstop or outfielder. Nanny played for the Boston Braves in 1942 and, after serving in WW II, 1946 and 1947. After two seasons in the minor leagues, he returned to the majors in 1950 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. After 1951 with the Indianapolis Indians, the Pirates' top farm team, he spent three seasons in the Pacific Coast League with the Seattle Rainiers and Sacramento Solons. His stats were .248 with 16 homers, 145 RBIs, 20 stolen bases and 8 for 25 as a pinch hitter.

John "Rabbit" Barnhill was a professional basketball player. He played on the Evansville Lincoln High School team that had an undefeated regular season and the city co-championship in 1954-55, won the NAIA championships in 1957, 1958 and 1959 with Tennessee State U, and from 1962 to 1969 played in the NBA with St. Louis Hawks, Detroit Pistons, Baltimore Bullets, San Diego Rockets and Indian Pacers. He averaged 8.6 points per game. He later coached with the LA Lakers.

Richard "Dick" Attlesey was a track-and-field athlete.He set world records for in the 110m hurdles twice in 1950. He won the hurdles at the Pan Am Games in 1951. He competed in college for USC and won the NCAA title in 1950. He repeated the nest year as the AAU champion. He then travelled to Europe for a series of competitions. He won in Milan, but failed to finish in Bern, ending his undefeated streak after almost two years. He won the rest of his races in France, West Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Injuries ended his career in 1952.