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ZOOM EVENT: MONDAY, AUGUST 7 AT 7:00 pm ET
The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot of 1972 on VBC Happy Hour
Navy JAG (Judge Advocate General) officer Mark Truhe joins VBC Happy Hour to discuss the USS Kitty Hawk race riot of October 12, 1972. Truhe’s personal account of the event is his new book, Against All Tides, which sheds light on the racial injustices that took place during the investigations and court-martial trials that followed.
At the time of the riot, Truhe was a young Navy JAG officer, stationed at the 11th Naval District in San Diego. He was 27 years old and had limited experience with sea-going Navy life. The USS Kitty Hawk, a massive aircraft carrier about a quarter-mile long, was conducting daily bombing runs into North Vietnam during the ongoing conflict. The high-stress conditions on board, coupled with the racial tensions among the diverse...
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