Wayne Harry OttAirmanVF-74, CVW-17, USS FORRESTAL United States Navy 06 October 1945 - 29 July 1967 Philadelphia, PA Panel 24E Line 038 |
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The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987.
From a native Philadelphian and Marine, |
The IncidentOn 29 July 1967 the USS FORRESTAL was conducting combat operations off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. The ship was preparing to launch an ALPHA strike when a major fire broke out among the crowded aircraft on her deck, resulting in a series of 500 and 1000 pound bomb explosions. Thirteen hours later, the fires were extinguished - and 135 men were dead or dying, with hundreds more injured. Airman Wayne H. Ott was one of the 135.
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