Consequently, up to 50,000 servicemen could be found in Los Angeles on any given weekend. Tensions between servicemen and civilians were on the rise as thousands of military men on leave poured into Los Angeles, using the city as a playground for booze, women, and fights. While many civilians tolerated them because of the war, others did not...
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While many civilians tolerated them because of the war, others did not. Particularly in the segregated, ethnic areas of Los Angeles, unruly servicemen met stiff opposition from young men and women who refused to defer to the presumed prerogatives of white privilege. While white military men and civilian youth of all races clashed in the streets, confrontations occurred more often between white servicemen and Mexican Americans, because they were the largest minority group in Los Angeles...
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