Veterans History Project: My most recent interview - last survivor of the Port Chic...

Veterans History Project: My last interview - last survivor of the Port Chic...: Port Chicago disaster (Henry Waring Jr.) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Port Ch...

The Great Port Chicago Explosion - YouTube(I will add this to my interview with 88 y.o. Louis Waring, whos has had a very successful life after going into Navy at age 14 (his Father "confirmed" he was 17) and  was 16 when this happened. He was fortunate in that he was on leave 8 miles away but still damage done to  bldg. he was in and he received a few lacerations. He said when he joined Navy, that he and others were hoping to be on ocean-going ship, however he and the rest were treated more like stevedores.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaIphGJt5NU

May 18, 2009 - Uploaded by mauiluver

The video also touches on the racism that influenced this disaster. ... Damage Caused By Explosion Of ...