July 29, 1967 USS Forrestal Vietnam Memorial

Youtube Video o7jimmy (Ski-US Navy 1964-1968) ^ | 7-24-2011 | Revski

[Revski]

Memorial of the US Naval Disaster of the aircraft carrier, USS Forrestal - CVA-59, July 29, 1967 in North Vietnam, Golf of Tonkin. Song of this Memorial video is, Pray For Me, sung by the Blind Boys of Alabama.

[Cheburashka]

http://books.google.com/books?id=MkpsBw-ejnAC&dq=uss+forrestal&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=KSuI8NKj1O&sig=83Up6Ep2CHWt5yCaJxV1ktOP8a0#v=onepage&q&f=false

[Parley Baer]

Yep, I was on the USS Enterprise when that happened. We had to stay on Yankee Station an extra 60 days to cover for them.

[magslinger]

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[mylife]

My uncle served on Forrestal back in the day.

[Mariner]

The "USS ForestFire" incident was a primary training tool in Navy fire fighting school.

And, every sailor is a fire fighter.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I remember first seeing "Trial by Fire" during Aircraft Firefighting school in Norfolk, 1985.

It was in the training film rotation on USS Saratoga's TV system, required viewing annually for all hands.

[SC Swamp Fox]

YouTube link: Trial by Fire

[Revski]

Thanks and yes it said we made a lot of mistakes. :(

[Revski]

Thanks for all the help we got from the USS Enterprise.

[Revski]

Thanks and I bookmarked the web site of Shipmate G. A. Freeman.

[Revski]

Thanks for your comment and God bless your family.

[Springman]

Mag, you hit the MI ping list. Interesting, but think your Navyair list also would like it also.

[packrat35]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

Today, it is said that every US Navy sailor is a firefighter first. A large portion of basic training is dedicated to firefighting and prevention tactics.

[packrat35]

[packrat35]

A hard brutal lesson learned. 134 sailors died but their loss, at least, was not wasted. To this day, the lessons both good and bad, are still taught and have saved countless lives.

[magslinger]

Sorry about that.

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[gman992]

Okay, now don’t say anything stupid-—who was going to pilot the plane that exploded underneath him that first started the fire?

[SunkenCiv]

Me? Say somethin’ stupid?!? ;’) This one is too easy, let one of the kids with a search engine open in another window answer this.