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Port Chicago Mutiny
enlarge	Author: Robert L. Allen Publisher: Amistad Category: Book List Price: ~~$9.95~~ Buy New: $0.95 You Save: $9.00 (90%) Buy New/Used/Collectible from $0.95 Avg. Customer Rating: (5 reviews) Sales Rank: 1683545 Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published) Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 224 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.6 ISBN: 1567430104 Dewey Decimal Number: 940.545308996073079463 EAN: 9781567430103 ASIN: 1567430104 Publication Date: September 1, 1993 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews: Product Description During World War II, Port Chicago was a segregated naval munitions base on the outer shores of San Francisco Bay. Black seamen were required to load ammunition onto ships bound for the South Pacific under the watch of their white officersa??an incredibly dangerous and physically challenging task. On July 17, 1944, an explosion rocked the base, killing 320 mena??202 of whom were black ammunition loaders. In the ensuing weeks, white officers were given leave time and commended for heroic efforts, whereas 328 of the surviving black enlistees were sent to load ammunition on another ship. When they refused, fifty men were singled out and chargeda??and convicteda??of mutiny. It was the largest mutiny trial in U.S. naval history. First published in 1989, The Port Chicago Mutiny is a thorough and riveting work of civil rights literature, and with a new preface and epilogue by the author emphasize the eventa??s relevance today. More than a mutiny trial, the incident raises questions about the powers of the military, about the prosecution of civil disobedience, and about the rights of the individual.

Customer Reviews: The Port Chicago Mutiny April 12, 2008 The recounting of this horrific event while not a new publication, this is an excellent retelling of this disaster and its resulting conclusions. The author is not completely unbiased; however he attenpts to justify his reasoning and conclusions most successfully. I recall the time of the explosion in '44 as I was living in San Francisco at the time and the event is still very vivid in my mind. A must for anyone with knowledge of or interest in this event. Traitors looking for redemption! February 8, 2005 0 out of 15 found this review helpful Although this event itself was quite tragic, these men were traitors and they were by definition mutinous. Pardoning them befouls the good names of the men that died there and the other 200+ men who went back to work. This whole movement is simply an NAACP backed propaganda story to later recover some monitary value from the Navy and the government. It's ridiculous! Don't waste your money on this book. Discrimination in the U.S. Navy. July 23, 2004 3 out of 6 found this review helpful I give Allen credit for writing about a little known event in our nation's and WWII history. This was the explosion caused by the mishandling of ammunition at the Port Chicago Naval Station in California. Over 300 people died as a result of this explosion, the majority of them black ammunition handlers. When the Navy tried to redirect the remaining black ammunition handlers to another yard, they refused to handle any more ammunition. If I were them, I would too. The Navy then selected a representative 50 of the 250 soldiers who refused to handle any more ammunition, and court martialed them with long prison sentences. That was injustice. This is an interesting story. However, Allen's leftist rantings tended to alienate the reader from the story. Bob, most people agree that what the U.S. Navy did to these 50 sailors was wrong, but why slant the story so radically. Allen's writings was not as smooth as most writers, so I tended to slog through this very interesting story. The story could have been better written and the slant should have been left out. More detail about the explosion could also have been included in this short book, without slighting the main theme of discrimination of the U.S. Navy. The Port Chicago Mutiny October 18, 2001 10 out of 10 found this review helpful This excellent book details the aftermath of the Port Chicago ammunition ship explosions during WW2, with particular emphasis on the "mutiny" of Black sailors detailed to handle the loading of ammunition ships. Those familiar with Port Chicago will find the book brings back details of the operations there, which had changed substantially in the years leading up to the Vietnam Era, and will provide interesting insights to the way Black sailors were treated. Their tragic end and the sacrifices of those who organized and participated in their work-stoppage made ammunition handling safer for those who came after them, and as an ammunition ship sailor once assigned to Port Chicago, I'm included. A movie was made which closely follows this book's story. Dry paper catches fire easy June 16, 2000 8 out of 12 found this review helpful No don't burn this book-buy it and read it and become aware ofone of yet another sickening US military action. This time the framingof black sailors who wouldn't work the day after hundred of their buddies were blown to smitherines because of unsafe loading of a munitions ship. The US Navy behavior was despicable. It's a little dry, to remain aloof. But dry paper catches fire easy.

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