Word: forrestall
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On a flag-festooned platform at the head of Avenue J. F. Kennedy, the Prince praised the late President without saying, as he had intended to, that if J.F.K. had lived the U.S. would not be involved in the war in Viet Nam on today's scale. Jackie had...
Keys of the Kingdom. Accompanied on her journey by Britain's Lord Harlech and New York Lawyer Michael Forrestal-both old friends and both tagged by gossips as possible suitors-together with Washington Journalist Charles Bartlett and his wife, Mrs. Kennedy was almost literally given the keys of the...
Twice in the same day, the clang of fire bells sounded over the Gulf of Tonkin, and the cry of "Fire! Fire! Fire!" issued from the loudspeaker of the U.S.S. Forrestal, the Navy's third largest aircraft carrier (after the Enterprise and America). Each time the blaze was doused...
Less than 48 hours later, as Navy Phantom and Skyhawk jets lined up for morning bombing missions against the North, the Forrestal's fire bells sounded again, and the pilot's worst fears were realized. A fuel tank fell from the wing of an A-4 Skyhawk and...
Her hull battered and charred, the Forrestal limped toward the Philippines with belowdecks fires still raging. The toll: at least 70 known dead, 89 missing. At least 26 planes were destroyed and another 28 damaged, with a loss of more than $60 million in aircraft alone.