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Wayne Harry Ott
Airman
VF-74, CVW-17, USS FORRESTAL, TF 77, 7TH FLEET United States Navy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 06, 1945 to July 29, 1967 WAYNE H OTT is on the Wall at Panel 24E, Line 38 See the full profile or name rubbing for Wayne Ott |
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![]() The photo and following article is taken from The Philadelphia Daily News, special supplement entitled 'SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY,' October 26, 1987.
From a native Philadelphian and Marine, |
The Incident![]() On 29 July 1967 the USS FORRESTAL was conducting combat operations off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin. The ship was preparing to launch an ALPHA strike when a major fire broke out among the crowded aircraft on her deck, resulting in a series of 500 and 1000 pound bomb explosions. Thirteen hours later, the fires were extinguished - and 135 men were dead or dying, with hundreds more injured. Airman Wayne H. Ott was one of the 135.
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