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To: SAMWolf
It was recognized as an even larger national disaster than Pearl Harbor.

You were able to post this with a straight face?

Port Chicago losses:
Killed: 427
Injured: 390
Two cargo ships distroyed
One barge distroyed
One Coast Guard ship damaged
One tanker damaged.

Pearl Harbor
22 ships sunk (Including the Arizona and the Utah) or significantly damaged
188 aircraft distroyed, an additional 159 damaged.
Killed 2403
Wounded 1178

In terms of deaths, Port Chicago ranks behind the separate losses of the Franklin, the Houston and the Indianapolis as well as the events at Slapton Sands.

34 posted on 08/17/2003 7:30:00 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: PAR35
I just post the articles as they're written. I don't always agree with them. We post the topics to inform and invite discussion.

That part of the thread about the Mutiny and trail came from a site that was "pushing" a very specific agenda.

At the time of the Port Chicago disaster, every man handling ammunition on the base was black and every officer was white. This segregation of personnel and responsibility on bases, and the refusal to allow black enlistees in combat was standard practice by the Navy. The tragic explosion at Port Chicago accounted for 15% of deaths suffered by blacks in all of the war. I agree, Port Chicago doesn't compare to Pearl Harbor or a lot of other incidents during the war. Good catch on that comment.

35 posted on 08/17/2003 7:54:40 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Joseph Stalin's grave is a Communist Plot.)
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