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The Port Chicago Explosion
Congressman George Miller

  1. July 16, 2004 -- Press Release -- Remarks of Representative Miller at Ceremony Marking 60th Anniversary of the Port Chicago Disaster

  2. June 20, 2003 -- Press Release -- Statement in Honor of Port Chicago Survivor Freddie Meeks Who Died on June 19, 2003

  3. March 24, 2003 -- Press Release -- Congress Urges Postal Commission to Issue Port Chicago Commemorative Stamp; Stamp Would Honor 320 Dead on 60th Anniversary of Blast

  4. March 11, 2002 -- Press Release -- Representative Miller Introduces Legislation to Activate Port Chicago's Bid to Become a National Park

  5. July 13, 2001 -- Press Release -- Miller Leads 76 Legislators Seeking Port Chicago Pardons From President Bush

  6. July 16, 2000 -- Official Statement -- Honorable George Miller on the Port Chicago Annual Memorial Service.

  7. March 21, 2000 -- Press Release -- Lawmakers Urge Clinton to Issue Proclamation on Port Chicago Racism.

  8. December 23, 1999 -- Press Release -- Clinton Pardons Freddie Meeks, Port Chicago Sailor, of "Mutiny"; Representative Miller Hails President, Sailors and their Families.

  9. September 22, 1999 -- Congressman Miller and staff are presented with an award from the WW II Black Navy Veterans of Great Lakes, Inc. for their work to clear the names of 50 black sailors charged with mutiny following a huge explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in 1944.

  10. September 21, 1999 -- Official press release from the World War II Black Navy Veterans of Great Lakes, Inc.

  11. September 16, 1999 -- Press Release: Members of Congress Urge Rapid Approval By Clinton of Pardon For Port Chicago Blast Sailor

  12. September 1, 1999 -- Update from Representative Miller on Port Chicago.

  13. March 23, 1999 -- Update: Congressman George Miller Praises Legal Firm Appeal on Port Chicago

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Congressman George Miller
2205 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-2095
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