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Thread #87643 Message #1638046
Posted By: Peace
31-Dec-05 - 02:35 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Port Chicago Ca1944 ammo ship explosion
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Port Chicago Ca1944 ammo ship explosion
'The Last Wave from Port Chicago "The result of a 20 year investigation into the July 17, 1944 explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. This web-based book chronicles the total history of the explosion and connections with Los Alamos and the Manhattan Project." By Peter Vogel [The explosion accounted for 15% of all African-American causalities in World War II.]'