Port Chicago Mutiny
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During World War II, Port Chicago was a segregated naval munitions base on the outer shores of San Francisco Bay. Black seamen were required to load ammunition onto ships bound for the South Pacific... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1567430104
ISBN13:9781567430103
Release Date:July 1993
Publisher:ReganBooks
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"
Customer Reviews
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The Port Chicago Mutiny
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The recounting of this horrific event while not a new publication, this is an excellent retelling of this disaster and its resulting conclusions. The author is not completely unbiased; however he attenpts to justify his reasoning and conclusions most successfully. I recall the time of the explosion in '44 as I was living in San Francisco at the time and the event is still very vivid in my mind. A must for anyone with knowledge of or interest in this event.
The Port Chicago Mutiny
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This excellent book details the aftermath of the Port Chicago ammunition ship explosions during WW2, with particular emphasis on the "mutiny" of Black sailors detailed to handle the loading of ammunition ships. Those familiar with Port Chicago will find the book brings back details of the operations there, which had changed substantially in the years leading up to the Vietnam Era, and will provide interesting insights to the way Black sailors were treated. Their tragic end and the sacrifices of those who organized and participated in their work-stoppage made ammunition handling safer for those who came after them, and as an ammunition ship sailor once assigned to Port Chicago, I'm included. A movie was made which closely follows this book's story.
Dry paper catches fire easy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
No don't burn this book-buy it and read it and become aware ofone of yet another sickening US military action. This time the framingof black sailors who wouldn't work the day after hundred of their buddies were blown to smitherines because of unsafe loading of a munitions ship.The US Navy behavior was despicable. It's a little dry, to remain aloof. But dry paper catches fire easy.
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