Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that contains a resolution asking the US Navy to fully exonerate sailors convicted of mutiny following the Port Chicago explosion in 1944.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY – At the height of World War II, a huge explosion rocked the East Bay when two munitions ships blew up while being loaded, leading to the largest mass trial for mutiny in U.S. military history. Now, an effort is gaining momentum to exonerate the sailors convicted after the disaster.
One of the sailors who survived, Morris Soublet, later told his son Richard about the conditions at the base. "If you are given an order that is unlawful, you are not required to follow it," Felibret told KPIX 5."And in this particular case, I believe the direction for them to continue loading munitions without any training, without any safety precautions being put in place, was tantamount to an unlawful order."
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