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Old 11-12-08, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DiabloScott


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Where were you when the fire broke out? We had to watch a movie about the Forrestal as part of orientation on one of my ships.
I wasn't on board her until the seventies. However, the movie you are talking is used to THIS day as a sandard training film. I have seen it on numerous occasions and even on a Discovery channel special.
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Old 11-13-08, 07:35 AM
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I had it really tough. Navy stationed on an Air Force Base. Yep, shore duty for my entire hitch. Although it was in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Old 11-13-08, 11:06 AM
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USMC 1969-1975.

To my fellow Marines I say (in order)

Fortitudine

Per Mare, Per Terram

To the Shores of Tripoli, and finally

Semper Fidelis.


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Old 11-13-08, 02:43 PM
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