Hand written on back--"Chaplain Daniel Perry, explosion survivors Pecey Robinson, Robert Routh and Chaplain Norman Cram jr. during dedication service for the Port Chicago Memorial Chapel." Shows four men standing with their heads bowed. Two men on either end dressed in navy uniforms and two men in the middle wearing suits, one man is blind. From the Oakland Tribune, December 5, 1991, article titled "Chapel dedication honors Port Chicago blast victims" by Bill Snyder: "The Navy took an important step toward healing one of the raw wounds of World War II yesterday with an emotion-filled ceremony to honor the 320 men who died in the Port Chicago explosion. ...Dedication of the chapel came just weeks after the U.S. Senate passed a bill that would order the Navy to review convictions of the 50 men convicted of mutiny following the blast. The accidental explosion on July 17, 1944 was the worst homefront disaster of the war. It vaporized two ships, left much of the town of Port Chicago in ruins and was felt as far away as Nevada. The cause of the devastating blast is still unknown. More than 200 of the dead were black sailors-a product, many say, of the Navy's one-time policy of segregation. ...Days after the explosion, the Navy ordered munitions loaders to go back to work. More than 250 refused. 'It wasn't that we didn't love our country. But we were frightened, and we wanted to show our feeling for our friends,' said Robinson. Under threat of execution, most resumed loading, but 50 would not and were tried for mutiny, a charge almost never leveled in the 20th century Navy. The mutineers were convicted, fined and sent to prison for 16 months. They were discharged under 'less than honorable' conditions and denied veterans' benefits." This photo was not used in the Oakland Tribune.