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The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the USS Forrestal Fire (7/29/1967) - Oct 14th, 2003
Naval Aviation News ^ | October 1967 | Senior Chief Journalist John D. Burlage

Posted on 10/14/2003 12:00:21 AM PDT by SAMWolf

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To: aomagrat
Morning aomagrat. The Forrestal Fire story is full of heroics. It also proves that in the military there is danger no matter where you are.
41 posted on 10/14/2003 11:59:08 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: aomagrat
It's amazing the different look when the ship is painted white vs battleship grey. For some reason it doesn't "look" as deadly in white.
42 posted on 10/14/2003 12:00:15 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: msdrby
Air Power ping
43 posted on 10/14/2003 12:00:16 PM PDT by Prof Engineer (Always use the word Impossible with the greatest caution ~ Werner Von Braun___ 5/14/04 Baby Moot '04)
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To: snippy_about_it
I imagine the feeling sailors have for "their" ship is the same that those in the Army have for "their" unit. A lot of pride involved.You could hear it in the voices of the Tarawa crew as they showed us around.
44 posted on 10/14/2003 12:02:35 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: The Mayor
Morning Mayor. I hope the coffee isn't cold. Hard a hard time climbing into the Foxhole today.
45 posted on 10/14/2003 12:03:36 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: manna
Hi Manna!


46 posted on 10/14/2003 12:04:14 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: weldgophardline
Afternoon weldgophardline.

Thanks for the compliments. Snippy worked very hard on the Katyn thread.
47 posted on 10/14/2003 12:06:06 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: Valin
1944 Erwin Rommel German Field Marshall (WW II-Africa), dies at 52





"We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us. And may I say across the havoc of war, a great general."
-Winston Churchill

(commenting on Rommel)

48 posted on 10/14/2003 12:16:15 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: Darksheare
Afternoon Darkshear. Who tried to lock me out of the Foxhole?
49 posted on 10/14/2003 12:17:05 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: SAMWolf
Hey, SAM ...
50 posted on 10/14/2003 12:17:49 PM PDT by manna
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To: w_over_w
Afternoon w_over_w. I can't imagine to many worse places to be than a ship at sea with a major fire raging.
51 posted on 10/14/2003 12:18:07 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: Prof Engineer
Afternoon Prof_engineer.
52 posted on 10/14/2003 12:18:54 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: SAMWolf
Geez, I'm glad one of us finally made it and now I'm in.
Yippee!
53 posted on 10/14/2003 12:19:27 PM PDT by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: manna
Wow! Had a hard time getting in today
54 posted on 10/14/2003 12:20:01 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: snippy_about_it
Have to make up for lost time now.
55 posted on 10/14/2003 12:20:30 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: SAMWolf
Howdy. Been trying all morning to navigate FR.
56 posted on 10/14/2003 12:29:29 PM PDT by Prof Engineer (Always use the word Impossible with the greatest caution ~ Werner Von Braun___ 5/14/04 Baby Moot '04)
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To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf
Great read about an awful incident. I agree with you, snippy, about the American fighting man (and woman). The bad guys always seem to think we're soft and lazy because our country is so prosperous and so contentious. It doesn't seem to occur to them to ponder how we got that way, through hard work and individual initiative that in our system is rewarded.
57 posted on 10/14/2003 12:32:58 PM PDT by colorado tanker (And I'll see you someday on Fiddlers Green)
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To: Prof Engineer
Yeah it's been real frustrating all morning.
58 posted on 10/14/2003 12:34:54 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: colorado tanker
It doesn't seem to occur to them to ponder how we got that way, through hard work and individual initiative that in our system is rewarded.

Thats what I'm afraid we're in danger of losing with all the governemnt regulations, the entitlement mentality and the punishment of achievers lately through high taxes.

59 posted on 10/14/2003 12:36:53 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Lost interest? It's so bad I've lost apathy!)
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To: SAMWolf
I agree, Sam. Keeping America great by staying out of the socialist swamp is something that unites us in the conservative cause.
60 posted on 10/14/2003 12:46:20 PM PDT by colorado tanker (And I'll see you someday on Fiddlers Green)
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