LAND AND MEMORIAL BILLS:ROBERT L. ALLEN, PH.D.

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: September 27, 2007 | Copyright information

Congressional Testimony
09-27-2007
Statement of Robert L. Allen, Ph.D. Professor University of California
Committee on House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests
and Public Lands September 27, 2007 Introduction The Port Chicago explosion
was the worst war-related disaster in the United States during World War
II. On July 17, 1944, the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, a major Navy ammunition
loading base in the San Francisco Bay Area, was destroyed by a devastating
explosion that killed hundreds and heavily damaged the nearby town of the
same name. Most of those who died were young ...

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