Sailors to the End The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It

Name: Sailors to the End The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
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ISBN: 9780066212678

ISBN-10: 0066212677

ISBN-13: 9780066212678

Edition: 2002

Authors: Gregory A. Freeman

List price: $25.95

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The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction with other bombs on surrounding planes. The crew struggled for days to extinguish the fires, but, in the end, the tragedy took the lives of 134 men. For thirty-five years, the terrible loss of life has been blamed on the sailors themselves, but this meticulously documented history shows that they were truly the victims and heroes.

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 7/9/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Gregory A. Freeman is the author of Lay This Body Down: The 1921 Murders of Eleven Plantation Slaves. An award-winning journalist with twenty years' experience, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia.