In 1994, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial was dedicated to those who died in the explosion. Fifteen years later, President Barack Obama signed a bill establishing that same site as a ...

who worked diligently on the formation of the Port Chicago Naval Memorial Magazine in Concord. But the biggest relief, Padmore said, is to the African American sailors who were wrongly convicted ...

Epic Guide to World War II National Park Sites including home front and parks in the Pacific, Memorials, and history of ...

On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing secondary blasts that ignited 5,000 tons (4,535 metric tonnes) of explosives at Port Chicago naval weapons station ...

A look back at what led to the Port Chicago disaster of July 17, 1944 when 320 sailors and civilians died in a munitions explosion on Suisun Bay and how a group of Black sailors was unjustly ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly court-martialed in 1944 following the Port Chicago explosion in California that killed 320 people. The sailors had been punished for ...

in Port Chicago, Calif. (Naval History and Heritage Command/National Park Service via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in ...

On July 17, 1944, munitions being loaded onto a cargo ship detonated, causing secondary blasts that ignited 5,000 tons (4,535 metric tonnes) of explosives at Port Chicago naval weapons station ... a ...