July 29, 1967 — A Day of Fire and Fury at Sea. USS Forrestal Writhed in Agony

Описание: On this day, the USS Forrestal—once the pride of the U.S. Navy’s carrier fleet—was transformed into a floating hellscape. At precisely 10:50 AM, as aircraft were being armed for a combat launch against North Vietnam, a Zuni rocket misfired from beneath an F-4 Phantom. In an instant, it slammed into an A-4 Skyhawk, rupturing a fuel tank and unleashing a torrent of JP-5 jet fuel across the flight deck.

What followed was an uncontrollable inferno. Bombs cooked off. Explosions rocked the ship. Sailors—many barely out of high school—ran into the flames to save their brothers. Others were trapped, surrounded by smoke and steel, waiting for help that never came. The fire raged for hours. When it was finally extinguished, 134 were dead. Over 160 wounded. Aircraft lost. Deck destroyed. Hearts broken.

This reel brings together haunting archival footage—grainy, raw, real—with meticulously restored audio, giving voice to the chaos and courage that unfolded that morning. From the shriek of sirens to the frantic shouts of damage control teams, every second immerses you in the brutal reality faced by the crew.

It remains the deadliest U.S. Navy shipboard disaster since World War II—not from enemy fire, but from a tragic accident and a deadly chain reaction.

Restored and assembled by Ghosts of the Battlefield to honor the fallen, and to remember the cost of war—even when the battlefield is your own deck.

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