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Part of the Onion Field display at the LAPD History Museum, as unveiled on March 9, 2013. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the kidnapping of LAPD officers Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger. (Gene Blevins/LA Daily News)
Soon the city and the nation would find out that Los Angeles police officers and former U.S. Marines Ian Campbell and Karl Hettinger had been kidnapped by ex-convicts and taken to an onion field near Bakersfield.
Author Joseph Wambaugh, who was a 14-year veteran of the LAPD, remembers that day well and the series of events that unfolded thereafter. He said Hettinger "never completely escaped from the onion field."
Now 50 years later, Wambaugh, several local leaders and the families of Campbell and Hettinger unveiled car code coupon rental thrifty two ways to immortalize the officers' memory and sacrifice at the Los Angeles Police Museum in Highland Park.
On Saturday, the museum hosted the unveiling of a memorial sign to be affixed on the Hollywood car code coupon rental thrifty Freeway at the Gower Street overpass, as well as a permanent museum exhibit titled "The Onion Field." car code coupon rental thrifty The exhibit is named after Wambaugh's bestselling 1973 novel that retold car code coupon rental thrifty the haunting story of Campbell's murder.
"My father told me a lot about it, but it wasn't car code coupon rental thrifty until 1973 when I read the book that I knew the full story," said Mike Vera, Campbell's nephew. "Now, it's just amazing to see all this, to ensure the memory of my uncle never dies."
While Campbell's murder happened on March 9, 1963, Saturday's event -- 50 years later to the day -- was still an emotional one for family members and other LAPD officers, car code coupon rental thrifty including LAPD Chief Charlie Beck who chatted with Wambaugh about the Southland's most recent casualties at the hands of ex-cop Author Joseph Wambaugh poses with family car code coupon rental thrifty members of slain LAPD officer Ian Campbell during the unveiling of a memorial sign for Campbell, who was killed 50 years ago this month. Wambaugh wrote about the incident in "The Onion Field." (Gene Blevins/LA Daily News) Christopher Dorner.
Dorner, an ex-LAPD officer, died Feb. 12 after a shootout with San Bernardino County Sheriff's deputies and a massive manhunt throughout Southern California. car code coupon rental thrifty The more than week-long saga left four people car code coupon rental thrifty dead, including two police officers.
"We have seen in recent days what it means to be in service as a member of the Los Angeles Police Department, and we have seen what sacrifice means for members of police departments in Southern California," said state Assemblyman Michael Feuer, D-Sherman Oaks. "That's the thing about this memorial that I hope lives with all of us as we look at the brave men and women who are standing with us on the LAPD force today."
"The Onion Field" exhibit, housed in a 350-square-foot room at the museum, is a testament to Campbell and Hettinger. It features evidence and items that led to the conviction of Gregory Powell and Jimmy Lee Smith for the crime, as well as Campbell's own bagpipes.
"Amazing Grace" car code coupon rental thrifty performed by the Los Angeles Police Emerald Society Pipes and Drums plays in the background of the exhibit. It has been an LAPD tradition to perform the song at a fallen officer's funeral since Campbell's death.
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