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USS Forrestal.. eye witness account.. (not me but a Navy Vet. friend).. " A plane was getting ready to take off ..the front lock on the "Z" rocket had unlocked.. then the rear lock could not hold and gave out. We think that the bomb was armed for some reason, not sure because he was getting ready to take off..it hit and bounced and BOOM.. anyway my sleeping birth was right under that tail section below the flight deck, had I not been on duty I would have been killed in my rack. Going back to visit and tour the Forrestal.. I could see the refurbished, new steel, and fresh paint.. but after all these years I could still smell the bodies of my brothers that died that day." He also said that McCains plan was lost in the fire and hit the one next to him.. that McCain did not cause it.
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Still a very powerful video to use for training and stressing the importance of safety.
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Great (old) video. Is it me or was damage control in WWII much better than it would be 20 years later?
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CPO Joseph Grant
SFC Mark Merino I don't think we lost those skills but when things really go wrong it gets bad fast. In this case a fully fueled strike was on deck, that's a huge amount of fuel and explosives. Ships regularly catch fire, it doesn't make the news because we didn't come close to losing the ship.
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