Click here for the Overview Movie of the Memorial Services July 18, 2009

Click on the links below for each of the 6 short movies

Part 1 of 6 Introduction, speakers/politicians/survivor introductions:

Part 2 of 6 - State Senator Roderick D. Wright's comments

Part 3 of 6 - Family and Survivor stories and memories

Part 4 of 6 - continuation of Family and Survivor stories and memories

Part 5 of 6  - Cougar Cadet Corps read oral histories of survivors

Part 6 of 6 - Ceremony at the Memorial

Port Chicago Naval Magazine was built during WWII as a munitions transshipment facility serving the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during WWII. It was built and managed by the Mare Island Naval Ammunition Depot as an expansion of the munitions manufacturing, storage and transport operations at Mare Island. Our Shoreline Heritage Preserve is located on 215 acres of the original Naval Ammunition Depot. Port Chicago is linked to our Preserve in many ways. Not only was the Mare Island NAD managing Port Chicago on the night of the explosion that rocked the Bay Area and caused the largest loss of life on the mainland during WWII, but the Port Chicago Mutiny took place 3 weeks later across the river from the Naval Ammunition Depot at Mare Island.

Click here for a link to our page with links to Sue’s 3-part Youtube series and slideshow that captures the 65th Anniversary Commemoration of the Port Chicago Mutiny we held at Mare Island August 9, 2009.

The photos below are excerpts from our slideshow of the July 19, 2008 Explosion Memorial held at the site of the explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial site by the National Park Service. Click here to view the complete slideshow.