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"White people hate the idea that Black people, by virtue of their very existence, force whites to deal with their own dishonesty, deceit and criminal intent. Mark James Robert Essex (born in 1949 ) --(January 7, 1973) learned in his short life that Black men are the most dispensable item in this country.”

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"Incredible, BUT TRUE!"

Have you ever had dreams that were so powerful that you can't forget them? I know I have and usually my dreams are a warning for myself and my family. One of the most powerful dreams came to me when I was 18 years of age. I was sleeping on a ship off the coast of Vietnam. This dream showed my throat being cut and I left my body and was floating above my body. I could see myself lying in a puddle of blood that was spurting from my neck like a fountain. There was no one around me and I was left alone on the rear of the ship in this dream. As I floated further and further away from my body, I woke up. I was sweating profusely and I told my best friend that we were going to be attacked that night. He looked at me and laughed and said, "how do you know that?" I told him that I had a powerful dream and this was like no other dream that I ever had before. He was skeptical and said, "oh, I'm suppose to believe your dreams too!" I told him to forget I ever told him that because he was a skeptic by nature. But he didn't forget it. He was a talkative person and by noon everyone in our division (on the ship) knew. They were coming up to me laughing and saying things like, "are you the Prophet? Can you tell me my future?" I had to ignore these kinds of comments all day and I promised myself that I wouldn't tell my best friend about anything else. He was a blabbermouth! But that turned out to be good.


That night, while I was standing the midnight watch, on the rear of the ship, we ran into another ship. I had remained fully alert and I kept my 45 automatic pistol ready for firing. There were enemy soldiers climbing onboard our ship with knives in their mouths and general quarters was sounded. All hands were ordered to man their battle stations. I remembered my vision from my dream and I was doing everything to make sure that this dream didn't come true. Afterwards, we took prisoners, and put them in the brig (a temporary place of confinement) onboard the ship. My friend came up to me and said: "Man you predicted this!" All I could say was "I'm glad you told everybody." We didn't lose any lives on the U.S. side. But, it wasn't over yet, because the worse was yet to come.

Later that day, we pulled into a harbor for a survey of the damages. That was a big mistake! The reason I write that is because snipers were waiting for us and soldiers were coming out of the water from all sides of the ship. I was running in an erratic manner so I wouldn't get picked off by a sniper's bullet. I alerted the crew and we became battle station ready again. This time we weren't so lucky and there were casualties.

After all of this occurred and we resolved the problem onboard ship, people began to look at me differently. My ability to see things before they happen spread throughout the ship and MOST people were incredibly nice to me. It was a strange feeling because I was use to people ignoring me.

When we got back to the U.S., I was given several medals (one being a bronze star) for valor. It was a classified mission so I wasn't allowed to discuss the events with anybody. Even today, I don't go into specifics.

Naturally, there are people who will not believe this story, but it is absolutely true! Could you believe that after all I did for this country (by saving many lives), it still betrays a law-abiding citizen like me? It's incredible, BUT TRUE!

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Port Chicago Mutiny by Darlene Donloe, who is a writer for the L.A. Watts Times.

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In September 1944, 50 black sailors found themselves in a military courtroom fighting the charge of disobeying orders and inciting mutiny. To add insult to injury, they were also accused of being cowards and guilty of treason.

Depending on what side of the ethnic divide you were on, the men were either completely innocent, and being systematically railroaded by the U.S. Navy, or they were partially culpable.

How the men came to be on trial is the subject of Paul Leaf’s latest production, “Mutiny at Port Chicago.”

A true story, this racially fueled drama, currently playing at the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica, chronicles what was widely considered the largest stateside military disaster of World War II.

It happened on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Munitions base, located on San Francisco Bay.

An explosion on the dock completely demolished two transport ships, killed 320 men and injured another 390 on the base, and damaged the small town that surrounded the facility. About two-thirds of those killed were black.

As the story goes, the black sailors, who had originally volunteered with hopes of fighting in the war, were instead relegated to the dangerous job of loading ammunition onto the ships because they were thought to be intellectually challenged and dispensable. At the time, they were the only ones assigned to hazardous manual labor.

Although they warned their white superiors that loading large amounts of ammunition on transport ships at breakneck speed without proper training or equipment would eventually lead to a catastrophe, their warnings went unheeded.

So, it was no surprise to the black GIs when the explosion occurred. What was surprising (or maybe not) is how the Navy handled the situation.

The disaster was deemed an accident of unknown origin.

And when the sailors were ordered to go back to work under the same conditions, the Navy faced a different kind of detonation. The men flatly refused.

This is a fabulous, little-known story.

This kind of event demands a script of great magnitude with actors who can effectively pull it off.

Unfortunately, neither occurs in this production

The material is there, but writer/director Leaf fails to guide it to a satisfactory conclusion. These were volatile times when cooler heads did not prevail. There’s no sense of urgency or intensity in what should be an edge-of-your-seat drama. The severity of the times and the racially sensitive implications concerning the Navy and black GIs falls short.

While some of the actors clearly give passionate, fiery performances, others seem to be reading their lines, which impairs the flow of the show.

J. Teddy Garces, who plays Seaman Edward Little, one of the lead characters, nearly single-handedly saves this production, as does Eric Bivens-Bush, Pedro Coiscou and Durant Fowler, all of whom represent the 50 men accused of mutiny.

While Leaf’s direction is concentrated and fills the intimate setting, some of the characters whose roles should have engulfed the play didn’t convey the raw emotions of the era needed to convincingly sell the production.

This is a powerfully provocative moment in history. The facts surrounding this story are highly explosive (pun intended). However, the weak performances leave this vibrant subject matter dead in the water.

On the Donloe Scale, D (don’t bother), O (oh, no), N (needs work), L (likable), O (Outstanding) and E (excellent), “Mutiny At Port Chicago” gets an “N-L” (needs work/likable).

The Ruskin Group Theatre Co. is at 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica. Performances will take place at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; 2 p.m., Sunday. The production ends Aug. 15.


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