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Port Chicago Real Photo Postcards [128559]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Port Chicago Real Photo Postcards  [128559]
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Lot of six white border real photo postcards. Veterans Memorial Building and the Bay Point Fire Department building. Two cards show damage from the July 17, 1944, deadly munitions explosion that occurred at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. Munitions detonated while being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring 390 others. Most of the dead and injured were enlisted African-American sailors. The town of Port Chicago was heavily damaged by falling debris, including huge chunks of hot metal and unexploded bombs, but none of those bombs exploded. Over 300 buildings were damaged and more than 100 people were hurt, but none in the town were killed.[5]

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Country (if not USA):
State: California
City: Port Chicago
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection