During World War II on July 17, 1944, an ammunition ship exploded in Port Chicago, California, while being loaded. The blast killed 332 people and injured another 390. Two-thirds of those people killed were African-American sailors. The cause of the accident was deemed as lack of adequate procedures and lack of training. At the time, […]
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