Daisy B HerndonDaisy B. Herndon, a former school librarian, was conducting research for a novel set in World War II when she stumbled upon the Port Chicago nuclear explosion theory, which sets the date of the first nuclear explosion back to July 17, 1944 at the Navl Ammunition Depot near San Francisco. Ridiculous? She thought so too, until she noticed the date on the memorandum authorizing the court martial of the Port Chicago 50. The Black sailors were found guilty of mutiny after refusing to load ammunition onto ships for fear of another unexplained explosion. But why was the trial set up on July 14th, three days before the massive blast that atomized their fellow sailors? Herndon currently resides somewhere in Maryland and enjoys watching birds, especially with her grandchildren. Read More Read Less