Few people are aware of the documented link between the Port Chicago explosion of July 17th 1944 and the creation of the atomic bomb. Captain William S Parsons, one of two Associate Directors of Los Alamos Laboratory, was second in command to J. Robert Oppenheimer. As head of the Ordnance Division (the team responsible for actually producing, testing and delivering the bombs), Parsons led a team of Manhattan Project scientist and engineers to the site, where they combed the wreckage, gathering data on the "effects of the detonation". In 1946, Parsons served as Technical Director in Operation Crossroads, the test of atomic bombs against naval ships in the Marshall Islands. He went on to become the first "atomic admiral." In a 1948 speech to the Naval War College, Parsons acknowledged that the data from Port Chicago provided the first realistic estimates of the blast damages. The information was vital to the creation of the atomic bomb. The Port Chicago explosion is part of nuclear history. And there is much more to the story. For more info, start here www.atomicarchive.com/resources/documents/manhattan-project/port-chicago.html
One of the objections to the Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory is that no such test would have been conducted in a highly populated area. This video, apparently taken in recent years, demonstrates just how remote the area was doing World War II.
I spent some time there in the mid 80's as a Navy reservist. Sad to know it will be developed but understandable as the land is so valuable for civilian use now.
Stationed there in the 70’s. while in Coast Guard. A Navy base with more Marines than Sailors-Guarding the Ammo bunkers including Nukes-see movie “The Rock” mentioned but not actually filmed there.
My name is Tony Adamo. Bill Pesci brother of actor, Joe Pesci was my boss. I worked as a high explosive loading and offloading winchman and ship crane operator, blocker and bracer of bombs, rockets, high explosives, inventory on bombs, landmines, ballistic missiles. As a forklift driver, I loaded and offloaded high explosives into and onto railcars and semi trucks. I traveled the world through (WPNSTA) taking inventory and inspecting bomb magazines. Working with high explosive on a daily and nightly shift was not easy to take for many men and women. They would be gone the day of hiring or within a few days after they learned they would be working with high explosives day in day out. Brodie S. Peters, who also worked at (WPNSTA) and I are good friends. We remain in touch with each other to this day. www.allaboutjazz.com/was-out-jazz-zone-mad-tony-adamo-ropeadope-records-review-by-nicholas-f-mondello.php?fbclid=IwAR2W6ZTkWS4hibmtlDdzYbAvvCGI7mLrlmUx-0eMXVPqE9WeneTcmqN5nZA www.allaboutjazz.com/was-out-jazz-zone-mad-tony-adamo-ropeadope-records-review-by-chris-m-slawecki.php?fbclid=IwAR1E9E8EzOIU-7K1dHJ8HDTBKLkpzXlQJlQyfNmoyk2pP2oozq5PPO32JtE
There was still activity going in there in the 70s and 80s. Protesters would lay down on train track leading in to port Chicago and some were actually struck by suspected munition trains. The tracks became known as the blood tracks as I recall.
Hi, may name is Victor Solis and I am a Producer with Univision Bay Area. I wanted to check if we can use some of your footage on a story about the Concord Naval Weapons Station. We would give you the proper credit, of course. Please let me know. Thanks.
Thank you. Yes you are right once you crash. There is no way you can retrieve it. There is alot of california vulcher in the area and very teritorial. At one time it was chasing the drone . Luckily my drone was faster and able to dived
Thank you for your service! I was at NAS Alameda in 1992 (MCSF unit closed in Nov. 1992) and served the rest of my MCSFco time at NSB Bangor. Alameda was awesome duty though.. kind of wish it stayed open and could serve my Barracks Duty in Alameda.
+Brad Morrison...Concord NWS was a Cold War era SWSA. If it's a Navy base with SWSA magazines, it requires a Marine Corps Guard Force command to provide a 24 hour guard force and react force, usually trained in Quantico now days, but it was Mare Island back in the 90s.
@@casbah1982 And before changing to MSF's trained at Mare Island Concord ran their own Guard School for the Barack's Duty Marine's stationed there. To answer your question Brad, into the early to mid-1990's there was a secondary job field in the Marine Corps, usually drawing people from Infantry, called Marine Security Guards. (MOS 8151) These Marines provided security for Naval Bases, Major Ships (Including Battleships, Carrier's and Command Ships like the Blue Ridge) and at Embassy's and Consulates around the world. Marines at Concord manned the gates (all of them), provided foot and vehicle patrols and manned the Tower on the Water Front. They also provided security for sensitive area's of the base and a reaction force as joe mentioned to deal with any further problems. I was base and limited area security from 1983-1985.
