Remembering Port Chicago
World War II Experience: Season 2 • TV-PG, 01-Jun-2017
Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin
In California's Bay Area, a painful memory lingers of the Port Chicago disaster of WWII, when hundreds of the Navy's first Black Sailors perished, and the White officers in charge were protected by the chain of command.
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Merchant Marine Paul Goercke and the ...
Directed by Alexander Zane Irwin
While Merchant Marine veteran Paul Goercke rests with his family in his plot at the Golden Gate National Cemetery, he is survived and remembered by his pioneering American Legion Post 448, the only predominantly LGBTQ post in the nation.
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Adele Shimanoff: U.S. Marine
Directed by Hannah Anderson
In 1945, Adele, with the energetic support of her family, joins the U.S. Marine Corps, as part of the large influx of women in the military. This short film tells her story. This series tells the story of World War Two from the veteran point of view. Subjects includ...
