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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

8-15-05

American riot on VJ Day recalled (3min)

Robert Siegel talks with Charles Fracchia, founder of the San Francisco Historical Society about deadly riots that took place in San Francisco on VJ Day. Fracchia is author of author of City By The Bay: A History Of San Francisco 1945 To The Present.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"