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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
The Navy did not allow sailors to have civilian clothes on Navy ships in those days. Therefore, the sailors kept their civilian clothes
in a downtown ''locker club'' to wear when they went on Liberty. Every Navy port city had lots of ''locker clubs''.
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Thanks for answering my question
CBD.
I checked it out and you're absolutely correct (see below) -esp. the last paragraph.
Marine Corp Chevron, 4 Oct. 1946
http://historicperiodicals.princeton...--txt-IN-----#
While we're on the subject here are two photographs I found earlier this week on eBay.
below: Sailors arriving in Long Beach for law enforcement duties after the 1933 earthquake.
eBay
-Two sailors on street patrol, W. Broadway, Long Beach
eBay
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