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Site of worst home-front disaster of WWII has been designated a national park...... -- (link)

Posted by MojaveMeg (aka Mojave) Dec 28 '09, 16:21

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I think the only reason I'd ever heard of Port Chicago was because I once lived in Concord. (www.usatoday.com)

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Without looking: That was the ordinance ship that exploded? -- nm - TWuG Dec 28, 16:25 5
- Right. Looks like there was at least one TV movie. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Dec 28, 16:29 4
  - But I was thinking onf something more recent. Maybe I just saw it recently. - the liionohjlyu with too many letters Dec 28, 16:41
  - yes it's a decent movie -- nm - Danedukenuuk Dec 28, 16:39
  - THere must have been some nasty chems, (I'm not in the 'nuke' camp but...) years later I'm working as a kiddie pix photog and that area had residents - zeitgeist Dec 28, 16:32 1
    - my clearest memory, walking up to a door, little brown fingers poking out the ripped screen "Mommy, theres a WHITE MAN at the door" -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 28, 16:34
Yup...When did you live in Concord? I was their from 67 to 83 - amoxy Dec 28, 16:25 4
- Concord California? Were you there when the small plane crashed into the mall? I lived near there in the 90s -- nm - Redmond Dec 28, 16:32 2
  - Looks like that was 1985, after we'd both left.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Dec 28, 16:39 1
    - I remember it on the news. Then someone pointing out later when I was there that was the mall over there. - Redmond Dec 28, 16:41
- We were there for about a year in '78(?) then bought a house in Oakley and were there until '80. -- nm - MojaveMeg Dec 28, 16:31
Wasn't there a movie or Made-for-TVmovie based on that incident? - the liionohjlyu with too many letters Dec 28, 16:25

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