Rep. DeSaulnier Commends U.S. Navy Exoneration of Port Chicago 50 on 80th Anniversary of Explosion
July 18, 2024
July 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-California, issued the following news release on July 17, 2024:
Today, eighty years after the devastating explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California on July 17, 1944, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) commends the U.S. Navy's posthumous exoneration of the Port Chicago 50 - African American sailors who were wrongfully and discriminately charged with mutiny after the incident. The harsh treatment they received, . . .
Today, eighty years after the devastating explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Concord, California on July 17, 1944, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) commends the U.S. Navy's posthumous exoneration of the Port Chicago 50 - African American sailors who were wrongfully and discriminately charged with mutiny after the incident. The harsh treatment they received, . . .