Port Chicago Explosion

I had never heard of the Port Chicago disaster, but a friend tipped me off several weeks before. I explained what this depot was used for during World War II, the horrible explosion that killed 320 sailors and the way poorly-treated African-American servicemen rebelled against the conditions that caused the tragedy. Most of the file art was from the National Park Service. July 17. 2014

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