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Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors…

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Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy.

Introduced: August 25, 2023 Introduced by: DeSaulnier, Mark Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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This concurrent resolution recognizes the service and sacrifice of those who served and perished in California at Port Chicago Naval Magazine during World War II. The concurrent resolution also exonerates the 50 Port Chicago sailors convicted of the charge of mutiny against the United States and all other charges brought against them after the July 17, 1944, explosion that killed 320. It upgrades the general and summary discharges of the Port Chicago sailors to honorable discharges.

What's happening now February 17, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11
D
McClellan, Jennifer L.
Virginia · Mar 5, 2024
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Sep 19, 2023
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Sep 13, 2023
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Sep 1, 2023
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Sep 1, 2023
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Sep 1, 2023
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Aug 29, 2023
Blumenauer, Earl
· Aug 25, 2023
 D
Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · Aug 25, 2023
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Aug 25, 2023
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 25, 2023
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 17, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 16: Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-16/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 16: Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-16/.
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H. Con. Res. 16, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-16/.
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[H. Con. Res. 16: Recognizing the victims of the Port Chicago explosion of July 17, 1944, the 79th anniversary of the greatest homeland loss of life of World War II, and exonerating the 50 African-American sailors unjustly court-martialed by the Navy.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HCONRES-16/)
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