REP. MILLER'S PORT CHICAGO BILL WINS BACKING OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 27, 2007 ;     787 words ......s bill to improve management of the Port Chicago National Memorial in Concord, CA won...hearing held today on the measure. The Port Chicago National Memorial is a historic site...National Park Service, the Friends of Port Chicago, the National Parks Conservation Association...

LAND AND MEMORIAL BILLS:ROBERT L. ALLEN, PH.D.

Congressional Testimony;  September 27, 2007 ;     787 words ......September 27, 2007 Introduction The Port Chicago explosion was the worst war-related...World War II. On July 17, 1944, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, a major Navy ammunition...all the armed forces. The events at Port Chicago are of national significance and should...

REP. MILLER MOVES TO IMPROVE PORT CHICAGO MEMORIAL MANAGEMENT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 20, 2007 ;     695 words ......anniversary of the deadly explosion at Port Chicago, Rep. George Miller (D-Martinez) has introduced new legislation to enhance the Port Chicago National Memorial in the East Bay of...the site for future generations. The "Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement...

A silent explosion: new legislation could put a forgotten naval site on...

National Parks;  January 1, 2008 ;   Marquis, Amy Leinbach;   779 words ......enemy. The location was California's Port Chicago Naval Magazine near the San Francisco...introducing legislation that would make Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Site...aftermath. At the time of the explosion, Port Chicago was front-page news around the country...

REP. MILLER'S PORT CHICAGO BILL IS APPROVED BY COMMITTEE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 10, 2007 ;     676 words ......s bill to improve management of the Port Chicago National Memorial in Concord, CA today...committee, with no objection. "The events of Port Chicago are very important to our nation's military...make sure that the contributions of the Port Chicago sailors and their families will not...

!THEY CALLED IT MUTINY! THE PORT CHICAGO EXPLOSION

Sea Classics;  October 1, 2006 ;   Canyon, Steve; Canyon, Laurel;   787 words ......tragic ammunition ship explosion at Port Chicago, California, refused to go back to work...keep up with the demand for ammunition. Port Chicago, California, located 35-mi north of...munitions facilities. Construction at Port Chicago began in 1942. By 1944, expansion and...

If Port Chicago were still here, it would be 100 years old

Oakland Tribune;  July 27, 2008 ;   Tanya Rose;   479 words ...BAY POINT -- The town of Port Chicago was born 100 years ago, a haven...of a parade, dozens of former Port Chicago residents gathered Saturday at...Colchico was 6 years old when the Port Chicago explosion occurred at the neighboring...

BLAST SURVIVORS STILL SEEKING VINDICATION BLACK SAILORS WERE CONVICTED OF...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  August 3, 1997 ;     675 words ......Meeks, who was at the ill-fated former Port Chicago Naval Depot, about 45 miles southeast...U.S. Navy. Now, 53 years later, the Port Chicago disaster and aftermath remain largely...Allen, author of the 1989 book, The Port Chicago Mutiny, the only definitive account...

Ceremony to recall Port Chicago blast

Oakland Tribune;  July 19, 2007 ;   Tanya RoseSTAFF;   453 words ......ammunition ships blew up at the docks of Port Chicago Naval Magazine 63 years ago today. The...site in the now-nonexistent town of Port Chicago. She remembers running downstairs shoeless...of the military and the demolition of Port Chicago -- are still discussed today. Saturday...

Milestones

The New Crisis;  January 1, 2000 ;   Anonymous;   290 words ......Internet. Clinton Pardons Sailor In Port Chicago `Mutiny' On December 23 President Clinton...Angeles for his part in the so-called Port Chicago Mutiny. The pardon stems from an incident...when two munitions ships exploded at Port Chicago Naval Magazine near San Francisco. More...

"The Port Chicago Mutiny"

Chicago Citizen;  December 17, 1998 ;     296 words ...Chicago Citizen 12-17-1998 "The Port Chicago Mutiny" Michael Jai White ("Spawn...David Ramsey ("Con Air") star in "The Port Chicago Mutiny," a drama based on actual events...17, 1944, a Victory ship anchored at Port Chicago Munitions Base near San Francisco exploded...

LESSON LEARNED; `MUTINY' DEPICTS TURNING POINT IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 24, 1999 ;     787 words ......ship loaded with ammunition exploded at Port Chicago in San Francisco Bay, instantly killing...II,'' Freeman said. ``I didn't know Port Chicago was in California. Movies like `Glory...disaster today stands on the waterfront of Port Chicago, now known as the Concord Naval Weapons...

NAACP Seeks Port Chicago Pardons

AP Online;  July 14, 1999 ;   PAUL SHEPARD, Associated Press Writer;   425 words ......AP Online 07-14-1999 NAACP Seeks Port Chicago Pardons NEW YORK (AP) -- The NAACP...sailors convicted in the so-called Port Chicago trial during World War II. The trial centered on the Port Chicago Naval Ammunition base near San Francisco...

Smoke Still Rises From WWII Blast

The Washington Post;  March 28, 1999 ;   Michael E. Hill;   787 words ......320 men were killed -- the tragedy of Port Chicago simply lacks the historic resonance...that he had mistakenly assumed that Port Chicago was in Illinois. In accepting NBC's...task of loading munitions ships at the Port Chicago Munitions Base in California. Their...

Port Chicago 'family' to get together, remember: Group of former residents...

Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA);  July 27, 2007 ;     619 words ......hometown is gone. The U.S. Navy bought Port Chicago in the 1960s, and its last residents...Colchico was the last person to move out of Port Chicago. He grew up there and stayed, even after...weeks after the 63rd anniversary of the Port Chicago explosion, which precipitated the ...