Labor History in 2:00

July 17 - The Port Chicago Disaster


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On this day in Labor History the year was 1944.  A crew of mostly black soldiers were loading munitions onto ships at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, northeast of Oakland.  320 soldiers were killed by a munitions explosion that wounded another 390 people.

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Labor History in 2:00By The Rick Smith Show