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http://www.history.navy.mil 05-05-2009 15:01:36
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#OTD in 1944 a massive explosion shook the Bay Area as ordnance ignited at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine, killing everyone present on the dock and incinerating two docked cargo ships - but there's a deeper story beyond the deadly devastation: usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/Recent/Article…