Lieutenant Hank Blake recalls PT-375’s adventures and the Japanese surrender at Borneo.Īs always, please let us know what you think about these and other stories in WWII Quarterly by visiting our website. We’d love to hear what you thought about the Port Chicago story and what topics you’d like to see us cover in subsequent issues. The pilots of the Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber changed the course of World War II in the Pacific. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando, the last such unit to be formed in World War II, was one of the first to land at Juno Beach on D-Day.Īfter invading Poland, Hitler used his stunning “lighting war” tactics against the West to defeat France, Holland, Belgium, and other countries. You get the boat to the designated launch, and we take it from here. 29th Infantry Division and the Rangers faced murderous fire on D-Day to capture Omaha Beach’s most vital exit. WINTERIZE 2022 Join The Mutiny 24 HOME PAGE Boats For Sale 2023 LOCATION & HOURS REPAIRS More Boaters Choice Package 1475 Our Exclusive 'No Touch Package' IN THE FALL: Local pick-up and delivery to our service center. To this day, the cause of the sinking of the HMS Hood during the hunt for the Bismarck is still disputed. This issue of WWII Quarterly is full of riveting stories and features like this one. When President Harry Truman called for the armed forces to be desegregated in 1948, the Navy could honestly say that Port Chicago had been an essential part of the process. Within the port, buildings were leveled, vehicles and railroad cars were tossed about like toys, and fires were burning everywhere.Īs you can read inside this season’s WWII Quarterly magazine, the explosion and its physical, social and legal aftermath clearly illustrated the cost of racial discrimination during this time of war. Hundreds of civilians in the area were injured, including six at the Benicia Arsenal, located to the west across Suisun Bay, where $150,000 in damage was done to arsenal buildings. The graphs show wave heights and directions, as well as wind speed and direction in Mutiny Bay for the coming days. The night sky was alight in a gigantic fireball as structures close to the blast vanished in a blinding flash. Also on board were 31 Merchant Marine crewmen and 13 armed guards.Īt 10:19 PM, a mighty blast erupted in the port area when one of the ships blew up, followed five seconds later by the other. Bryan had been loading there for days 98 black enlisted men were on board, continuing to stack ammunition into the hold. After sundown on July 17, something happened at a small port town 40 miles northeast of San Francisco that has never been fully explained…
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