The Region - News from Aug. 17, 1986
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About 800 Navy officers and military reserves attended ceremonies in Elysian Park to formally reopen the Los Angeles Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center, a three-story, 46-year-old Art Deco building that was badly damaged by fire in 1980. The center, a state historical monument, is the country’s largest and one of its oldest active training sites for Naval and Marine Corps reserves. It was a processing center for more than 20,000 sailors during World War II and has remained in partial use for reserve training throughout its $5-million refurbishment, a Navy spokesman said.
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