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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 ...
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 ...
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