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<p>Page 53 bottom image fire&nbsp;</p>
Caption: Crews continue to fight the 1967 fire on the flight deck of USS Forrestal. (National Archives and Records Administration)

<p>Page 52 bottom image</p>
Caption: A chaplain gives a blessing as bodies of USS Oriskany (CVA 34) crewmen are taken off the ship after the disastrous fire on October 26, 1966. (National Archives and Records Administration)
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Published: Thu May 27 04:52:58 EDT 2021