On July 29th 1967, on the flight deck of the supercarrier USS Forrestal, a rocket from an F4 Phantom misfired, smashing into a Skyhawk opposite and starting a fire that led to huge explosions that threatened all 5000 crew onboard. This is the story of how it started, and how it was fought.
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - The Forrestal's Mission to Vietnam
3:10 - July 29th 1967
5:06 - ten fifty one and twenty one seconds
8:00 - The moments that changed everything
8:50 - Forrestal fights for her life
12:15 - Extinguished
13:13 - Counting the Cost
Credits:
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Sources:
Gregory Freeman, Sailors to the end: the deadly fire on the USS Forrestal and the heroes who fought it
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Max Hastings, Vietnam
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver, The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club: Naval Aviation in the Vietnam War
Music Credits:
"Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Other music and SFX from Epidemic Sound
