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To: TigersEye

Your telling me that when a ship was in the danger the Forrestal was that everyone was not expected to help out? Tell that to some of the crews from W.W. II.


27 posted on 08/27/2018 2:07:00 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Captain Peter Blood; TigersEye
I recently read an account of Guadalcanal from the USN's POV.

One of the "learning curve" areas was a cruiser's air section.

Smarter maintenance chiefs drained the fuel tanks of the a/c.

Those that didn't had avgas fires to contend with during/after combat.

In one case, fire crews found the remains of a pilot that tried to hide under a pile of kapok life jackets. He was baked/burned to death.

39 posted on 08/27/2018 2:27:30 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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