Carol Cherry never knew her father was a central character in one of the darkest chapters of American military history until long after his death — something she found out from her sister. "I said, ...

THE PORT CHICAGO SAILORS. THE MILITARY FLAGS BLOWING IN THE WIND EVERY YEAR, ALL FOUR BRANCHES ARRIVE IN THE BAY AREA TO CELEBRATE THE PRIDE OF THE MILITARY DURING FLEET WEEK. THIS YEAR, THERE IS ...

CONCORD — One hour meant the difference between life and death for Morris Soublet Sr., a 22-year-old sailor assigned during World War II to load ammunition at Port Chicago, a remote naval base ...

He wrote of how 50 Black sailors were court-martialed for refusing to keep loading munitions onto cargo ships in 1944 after explosions had killed hundreds. They were exonerated this month. By Richard ...

US Navy on Wednesday exonerated 256 black sailors who were convicted of mutiny and disobeying orders following the naval base explosion at Port Chicago, California around 80 years ago. The explosion ...

Hiram Crittenden was the first volunteer to pursue a new legal strategy to restore honor to U.S. Navy sailors stationed at Port Chicago in Contra Costa County, where a massive explosion during World ...

Eighty years ago today, on July 17, 1944, and at the height of World War II, a terrible tragedy took place at a U.S. Naval facility in the San Francisco Bay area. A huge explosion tore through the ...

CHICAGO — The Port Chicago 50, a group of Black sailors charged and convicted in the largest U.S. Navy mutiny in history, were exonerated by the U.S. Navy on Wednesday. The decision culminates a ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — The daughter of one of the men who was part of the "Port Chicago 50," a group of Black sailors charged and convicted in the largest U.S. Navy mutiny in history, is focusing her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fleet Week gets underway this weekend in San Francisco, but this year takes on a special meaning. The U.S. Navy exonerated the ...