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USN 1124800 USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)

USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
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Title: USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59)
Caption: Personnel are assisted in fighting the fire on the after deck by the USS RUPERTUS (DD-851) as they battle to extinguish a series of fires and explosions touched off by an initial blast as heavily armed, fueled aircraft were being prepared for launch on combat missions over North Vietnam, as the ship operated in the Gulf of Tonkin, 29 July 1967.
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Catalog #: USN 1124800
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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