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2013 USS FORRESTAL FIRE REMEMBERANCE EVENTS/CEREMONIES Washington DC and Norfolk, VA

Created: 7/11/2013

Remembering Our Heroes

2 - UP COMING
2013
USS FORRESTAL FIRE

REMEMBERANCE EVENTS/CEREMONIES

Washington DC and Norfolk, VA

Friday July 26, 2013 in NORFOLK, VA

the Farrier Fire Fighting School

will be again be hosting their

USS FORRESTAL Fire Memorial Service at 1030

all invited.

Guest Speaker will be FID Shipmate
Kenneth V. Killmeyer, 2nd Div., WestPac 67

Historian - USS Forrestal CVA/CV/AVT-59 Association

Forty-six years ago, while operating on Yankee Station off

the coast of Vietnam, 134 Sailors lost their lives during a

catastrophic flight deck fire on board USS Forrestal (CVA-59).

In honor of those fallen Shipmates and of the surviving crew

members, the USS Forrestal Association will be holding a

Memorial Service at the Naval Engineering Training Site Norfolk

Farrier Fire Fighting School, located in the Norfolk International

Terminal on Hampton Boulevard.

All hands are invited to join the Survivors of the

USS Forrestal tragedy to pay tribute to our Fallen Shipmates.

Working uniform or equivalent civilian attire is appropriate.

Director of the Fire Fighting School,

LT David Beaver, U.S. Navy

Will conduct the Memorial Service

ALL ATTENDEES -Two valid ID Cards required to access

the Norfolk International Terminal . The Fire School will

compile a list of those attending. Please submit adult and children's

names to LT David Beaver, U. S. Navy by 4:00 PM 20 July, 2013

Phone 757-444-5585 - Email: david.beaver1@navy.mil or

ABHC Charles Branch - Phone 757 444-3994

Please contact

ABCS Joe Costello, U.S.Navy (Retired)

USS Forrestal Association Memorial Services Coordinator for additional information

joemaryjo2@verizon.net or mjwc83@verizon.net

524 Caren Drive

Virginia Beach, VA 23452

JULY 29, 2013 -WASHINGTON D.C.

Arlington National Cemetery & Vietnam Veterans Wall, Forty-Six

USS FORRESTAL Fire Anniversary

ON
MONDAY 29 JULY 2013

THE USS FORRESTAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

WILL HONOR THE 135 FALLEN SHIPMATES

WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE AND EXPLOSIONS

ABOARD USS FORRESTAL CVA-59

DURING COMBAT OPERATIONS

IN THE GULF OF TONKIN OFF

THE COAST OF NORTH VIETNAM

WITH TWO FLOWER PLACEMENTS

FIRST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMENTERY

ARLINGTON, VA

AT SECTION 46 GRAVE 556-7-8

AT 10:00 AM

FOLLOWING THAT WE WILL TRAVEL TO THE

VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL WALL

ON CONSTITUTION AVE. WASHINGTON, DC

AT PANEL 24 EAST

ALL ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND

CONTACT

KEN KILLMEYER, HISTORIAN

USS FORRESTAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

571-220-2809 CELL

Take Care Now
Paul
Paul H. Friedman
Online Communications Manager
USS FORRESTAL CVA/CV/AVT-59 Association
Website: http://www.uss-forrestal.com/
USS Forrestal CVA-59 Crewmember, AO3, G Div., WestPac Cruise 1967
USS Forrestal Association Lifetime Member

"REMEMBER THE SPIRIT"
"First In Defense"
"Forever in Dignity"

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