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USN 1124790 USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)

USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
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Title: USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
Caption: Flight deck littered by debris from burning aircraft as crewmen and personnel from USS RUPERTUS (DD-851) fight a series of fires aboard the carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin, 29 July 1967.
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Catalog #: USN 1124790
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sat, Jul 29, 1967
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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