Port Chicago was a small town in California in the 1940s. Population was less than 2,000.
It will be 80 years come July 17, 2024, one of the worst disasters during war time took place on American land. An explosion so powerful it lit up the night sky and a plane flying in the area had to climb from 8,000 feet to an extra 2,000 in order to avoid all the debris blown into the sky from the explosion. Over 300 Navy sailors, all black, were killed in the explosion. Many so young, they hadn't ... more