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donmac

Posted 2008-04-10 12:11 PM (#14862)

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Location: Western Washington State

Subject: Two videos on 593

This Day in Naval History

April 10, 1963
USS Thresher Plunges to Her Doom
On this day in 1963, the Navy lost the submarine USS Thresher and its 129-man crew to the depths of the Atlantic ocean.
NAVY TV commemorates this tragic loss with original news reel footage of the search and rescue.

http://mcsv.net/cgi-bin/redir?MCid=1edibGXENA6TtafiNV0y

On this day in 1963, the Navy lost the submarine USS Thresher
and its 129-man crew to the depths of the Atlantic ocean.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0bRA1hp23w&feature=related

Tom McNulty

Posted 2008-04-10 12:47 PM (#14867 - in reply to #14862)

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Subject: RE: Two videos on 593

This happened 5 days before I graduated from Boot Camp. It hit me hard then as I was headed for submarine duty. After spending a few years aboard the boats I can no longer watch any of the Thresher or Scorpion photos. I find it too moving to think of what those guys must have gone through.

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