Homer Anthony, a 1941 graduate of Reading High School was killed in 1943 while serving in the Navy during World War II. His ...

On July 17, 1944, during World War II, more than 4,600 tons ... was launched in 2022 to advocate for the sailors' exonerations. "Today's action by the Navy cements the legacy of the Port Chicago ...

The 256 Black sailors were assigned to Port Chicago ... and bombs onto boats to be sent overseas during World War II. A subsequent Navy investigation found that safety on the piers and in ...

The 256 sailors were exonerated by Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro on the 80th anniversary of the accidental, deadly World War II-era blast, which also injured 400 other people. The explosion at an ...

The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who refused to go back to work after an explosion that killed hundreds of people in 1944, the military service announced Wednesday. The blast that ...

One of a fast-dwindling number of World War II veterans, Grabiner said he sees ... the top deck of our respective ships, thousands of Navy sailors, myself included, watched as our brothers were ...

The Secretary of the Navy, Carlos Del Toro ... It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. When Sheppard and other Black sailors were ordered to resume the same dangerous work, they ...

And during World War II the United States Navy wanted to make sure its cooks knew how to feed thousands of sailors. “The Cook Book of the United States Navy,” published in July 1945 ...

Sailors from the USS Fort Worth laugh with Navy World War II veteran Elsie “Kitty” Rippin after they surprised her with cake and gift for her 101st birthday on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 ...

At that point, Black sailors were allowed only to serve ... "And it's important to understand that the Navy at the time, prior to World War II, was largely a southern outfit," Knoblock said.