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Click to enlarge I served aboard the
USS Forrestal CVA 59
from 1966 through 1968.

I was a Machinist Mate 3rd Class, member of "M Division" and worked in Number 3 Main Machinery Room.  In other words I was a Snipe.

I was aboard Forrestal on July 29, 1967 when all Hell broke loose.

This site is dedicated to the men who were killed or injured that day and thought her historic life.

Entering New York Harbor 1976 for Entering New York Harbor for Bicentennial Calibration - July, 1976

 

That Fateful Day

"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile ... can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction, 'I served in the United States Navy'."

-- President John F. Kennedy

1963, Annapolis, MD