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The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others. Most of the dead and injured were enlisted African-American sailors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell Good morning, my friend, as usual: solid read and share to start the day off before I go to church!
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http://www.blackpast.org/aaw/port-chicago-mutiny-0
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Port Chicago Mutiny (1944) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
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