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Military events Verified

17 July 1944

The Port Chicago Explosion, Refusal, and Exoneration

Port Chicago Naval Magazine explosion pier and national memorial, United States

Two explosions destroyed the ammunition-loading pier at Port Chicago Naval Magazine on 17 July 1944, killing 320 sailors and civilians. Of the dead, 202 were Black enlisted …

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