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70sEraVet

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1. I'm sure sexual tensions and jealousies were factors as well.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Jun 4, 2024, 08:27 AM

Jun 2024

Sailors (invariably drunk) on liberty looking for girls, unleashed in a community that they had no respect for, and a community that had little respect for them.
I speak as a former (invariably drunk) sailor.

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From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 OP

I'm sure sexual tensions and jealousies were factors as well. 70sEraVet Jun 2024 #1

I had never heard of this. Easterncedar Jun 2024 #2