Men of Forrestal

In the early morning hours of July 29, 1967, crew members aboard the USS Forrestal had no clue that their being awakened by a "Man overboard" alarm could have served as a possible omen of events to come only a few hours later. Events that would alter the course of each life aboard.

While operating in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the shores of North Vietnam, the USS Forrestal and her crew would soon be witness to the worst naval disaster to occur since World War II. The calamity that resulted forc...