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The Forrestal disaster: A tragedy forged by old bombs and broken rules

Let’s talk about the disaster that occurred on July 29, 1967 at USS Forrestal one of the saddest and terrible pages in the ...
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Single rocket fired by accident - then 134 sailors lost their lives

July 29, 1967. USS Forrestal is preparing to launch combat missions during the Vietnam War when an accidentally fired Zuni rocket strikes a parked aircraft on the crowded flight deck. Within seconds, ...
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Former sailors, marines remember the USS Forrestal fire 50 years later

Former sailors, marines remember the USS Forrestal fire 50 years later 13News Now Mike Gooding spoke with former sailors, marines about the USS Forrestal fire that took the lives 134 people.
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A half-century later, USS Forrestal fallen to be remembered

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- The U-S-S Forrestal fire, to this day, remains the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since World War II. On the 50th anniversary of that fateful day, former shipmates ...