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Ex mutineer seeks benefits for Port Chicago sailors families
Alabama retiree Jack Crittenden, 74, urges full death benefits for Port Chicago blast victims' families, saying Congress cut promised sums and that he wants the Navy and country to do right. He refuses a pardon, while Freddie Meeks presses for presidential clemency for mutiny survivors. The 1944 explosion killed 320 and left 390 injured, most from black loading crews.
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Jack Crittenden
Alabama
Freddie Meeks
Port Chicago
San Francisco
Crittenden
Meeks
Los Angeles
Navy
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Navy Veterans of
Great Lakes
Clinton
White House
Montgomery. Ala
Congress
Greenville
State Office of Minorities and Women In Business