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On July 29, 1967, the USS Forrestal burned for 17 hours — 134 sailors died and John McCain was almost one of them
At 10:50 a.m. on July 29, 1967, a Zuni rocket misfired in its launcher aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, igniting a 17-hour inferno that killed 134 sailors and destroyed 21 aircraft. A ...
F4 Phantom jets sat armed and fueled ready to participate in air raids during the Vietnam War. Pilots sat in their planes on the carrier USS Forrestal when the unthinkable happened when a Zuni rocket ...
October is an important month in the history and heritage of USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Commissioned into service the first of the month in 1955, the disastrous tragedy that unfolded in 1967 led to ...
The F4 Phantoms on the USS Forrestal were participating in air raids during the Vietnam War. As the crew of the Forrestal prepared for more raids, disaster struck. Jets were lined up on the carrier – ...
This article is from the Boston Globe archives. It was originally published on July 31, 1967. Learn more about the Boston 1967 project. SAIGON - Survivors of the explosion-wracked U.S. carrier ...
Last night, John McCain went on at length about his imprisonment in Vietnamese POW camps, and indeed his time as a captive in Vietnam has been the spark to his political career since the 1970s. But ...
Newport veteran Ronald D. Williams shares his firsthand account of the fire on the U.S.S. Forrestal in 1967 with 10News.
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