29 years, 11 months, 5 days
Petty Officer First Class
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
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In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
"Grieve Not For Me"
Remember the best times, the laughter the songs,
The good life I lived when I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you
Keep smiling and surely the sun will
shine through
My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest,
Remembering all now, I was truly blessed.
Continue traditions, no matter how small
Go on with your life, don't stare at the wall.
I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin
Until the day comes, when we're together again.
Unknown
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
Petty Officer First Class
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
*************************************
In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
"Grieve Not For Me"
Remember the best times, the laughter the songs,
The good life I lived when I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you
Keep smiling and surely the sun will
shine through
My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest,
Remembering all now, I was truly blessed.
Continue traditions, no matter how small
Go on with your life, don't stare at the wall.
I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin
Until the day comes, when we're together again.
Unknown
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
29 years, 11 months, 5 days
Petty Officer First Class
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
*************************************
In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
"Grieve Not For Me"
Remember the best times, the laughter the songs,
The good life I lived when I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you
Keep smiling and surely the sun will
shine through
My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest,
Remembering all now, I was truly blessed.
Continue traditions, no matter how small
Go on with your life, don't stare at the wall.
I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin
Until the day comes, when we're together again.
Unknown
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
Petty Officer First Class
VF-74, USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59), TF 77, 7TH FLEET
United States Navy
USS FORRESTAL arrived on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July 1967 and immediately began combat operations. The first four days were routine; the fifth day, 29 July, was not.
At 10:52 AM a 5-inch Zuni rocket accidentally fired across the crowded flight deck, impacting an armed A-4 Skyhawk. The resulting explosions and fires raged for 13 hours and more, killing 135 crewmen with hundreds more injured.
*************************************
In every lovely garden, one Bloom stands out from all the rest, Someone will always pick it, for it is the very best. The garden keeps on growing, but one spot will remain bare. For nothing can replace the 'Special Bloom' that once was there. It's been year's since God reached down and plucked you from our midst. The void remains, as does the pain, you are deeply loved & deeply missed.
~Author Unknown~
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
"Grieve Not For Me"
Remember the best times, the laughter the songs,
The good life I lived when I was strong.
Continue my heritage, I'm counting on you
Keep smiling and surely the sun will
shine through
My mind is at ease, my soul is at rest,
Remembering all now, I was truly blessed.
Continue traditions, no matter how small
Go on with your life, don't stare at the wall.
I miss you all dearly, so keep up your chin
Until the day comes, when we're together again.
Unknown
❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁༺༻❁❁༺༻❁༺༻❁༺❈༻❁༺༻❁
