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Burning the Forrestal
FromPlane Tales
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
July 1967 and USS Forrestal is preparing for a major strike against North Vietnam. All goes well until a combination of a change in arming procedure, a batch of old unstable bombs and a few loose electrons combine. The result is devastating for the men of Forrestal.
Images on Creative Commons licence by US Gov and United States Navy.
Images on Creative Commons licence by US Gov and United States Navy.
Released:
Mar 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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