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Rescue Mission Lights Up Night for Many in Need
In Los Angeles Jones and other drifted souls queue at Beacon Light Mission on Beacon Street for a warm meal and shelter. The 1905 founded rescue effort, renamed in 1945, serves meals and essentials while chronicling lives of veterans and unemployed men seeking aid, with director Gene McCann recounting long nights and small victories in helping the desperate find dignity.
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Jones
Beacon Street
Beacon Light
Mission
Navy
Tam
Seattle
Orie
San Pedro
Bovls
Jonés
C.E. “Gene
McCann
Sailors Rescue Mission
Beacon Light Mission