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Eighty years after explosions ripped through the Port Chicago naval facility in California, killing 320 sailors, Coast Guard personnel and civilians, the secretary of the Navy announced Wednesday ...
On July 17, 1944, a massive explosion occurred at the ammunition depot of Port Chicago, Ca. It was the worst home front disaster in World War II. Over 10,000 tons of explosives detonated ...
On Wednesday, the 80th anniversary of the Port Chicago disaster, Del Toro signed paperwork officially clearing the sailors, who are now deceased. Del Toro handed the first pen to Thurgood Marshall ...
announced on July 17 the full exoneration of the remaining 256 defendants convicted in the aftermath of the 1944 Port Chicago explosion. This declaration marks the end of a dark chapter in U.S ...