Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished After 1944 Explosion

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The Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly punished following a deadly California port explosion in 1944.
On Wednesday (July 17), the Navy announced the exonerations exactly 80 years after an explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine left 320 people dead and 400 others injured from ammunition that detonated while it was being loaded onto a cargo ship, per The Hill.
Following the incident, white supervising officers at Port Chicago were given hardship leave, bu