On July 29, 1967, a catastrophic fire erupted on the flight deck of the USS Forrestal CVA-59 while it was operating off the coast of North Vietnam. #fblifestyle | MilitaryPhotoDepot

On this day in 1967, the USS Forrestal writhed in agony—consumed by flames, shaken by explosions, and scarred forever in U.S. Navy history. What began as routine flight ops turned catastrophic when a Zuni rocket misfired, igniting a chain reaction of hell on the flight deck. This reel fuses haunting archival footage with restored sound to resurrect the chaos, terror, and heroism of that black morning. The worst peacetime loss of life aboard a Navy ship since World War II—now heard and seen as it

This Week in History, July 25-31, 2025: Catastrophic Fire on the USS Forrestal, July 29, 1967 Read more here: https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/education/this_week_in_history/ #TBT #TWIH #VietnamWar | The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration