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Al Martinez in the Korean War: A Future Columnist Hones His Craft
Al Martinez in the Korean War: A Future Columnist Hones His Craft
For more than twenty years, the Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez (1929-2015) delighted, and enriched the lives of, thousands of readers across southern California. An Oakland native, he attended San Francisco State College. Later, he was a reporter for the Richmond Independent and the Oakland Tribune before being lured to Los Angeles to write […]