Port Chicago: What did happen?
Question: Port Chicago truth or fiction?
During World War II there was a famous story about a port in California (not chicago) where ammunition was being loaded for the war in the pacific. At the time Blacks were only able to be ammo loaders, cooks and things like that.
When a explosion (reportedly due to misshandeling of ammo) kills many naval personel and destroys a lot of the port, 50 blacks revolt and refuse to work where they were themselves treated more like slaves.
They were arrested and tried for treason and mutiny. Just a few years ago these men thanks to Bill Clinton finally recieved their pardon (only 3 lived to see that).
However i was reading a very interesting story of what might have really been going on.
At the time the U.S. was developing the Atom bomb. And there was a lot of debate as to how to deliver it. One idea (which would finally happen) was by bomber. another was by cargo ship or naval vessel.
There are some reports on a web site that said that many strange things were happening at
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that time there.
1. a group of cargo boxes which were severely guarded, but the morning of the explosion were cleared of any guards.
2. there were eye witnesses that claimed a mushroom cloud over Port Chicago.
3. It would fit with the testing they were said to be doing to decide how to bomb Japan with it.
what do you think of this?
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would our government and military nuke our own military base and city just to test a bomb?
Answer:
Yes it was true I can't believe I have never heard of this. Here is a few links.
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly explosion that took place on July 17, 1944 at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, in the United States. Ammunition being loaded aboard cargo vessels bound for the war in the Pacific exploded, killing 320 sailors and civilians, and injuring more than 400 others. Most of the dead and injured were African American recruits, and the continuing unsafe conditions even after the disaster resulted in a number of servicemen refusing to work, known as the Port Chicago Mutiny, a month later. These men have come to be known as The Port Chicago 50.
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