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Diana is President of the Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial.
Port Chicago Memorial
The Port Chicago
National Memorial is a historic site that commemorates the worst
home-front disaster of World War II. More than 300 sailors, most of whom
were African American, died in a mysterious explosion while loading
munitions on to ships bound for the Pacific front. A group of 50 African
American sailors who refused to continue loading munitions after the
explosion out of fear for their lives were later court-martialed. |
