Remembering the USS Iowa explosion and aftermath - Task
2021年7月29日 · But when investigators learned that Hartwig had named Truitt the beneficiary of a $100,000 life insurance policy, they claimed that Hartwig — who died in the blast — had planted a bomb in the gun.
USS Iowa turret explosion - Wikipedia
Kendall Truitt was denied reenlistment, reportedly in retaliation for his speaking to the press and defending Hartwig. He was discharged on 9 February 1990. He continued his effort to clear Hartwig's name in statements to the media. [122] False accusations have had …
SURVIVOR OF USS IOWA: `I`LL BE BACK IN THERE` - Chicago Tribune
2021年8月9日 · Gunner`s Mate Kendall Truitt was in the belly of the USS Iowa`s gun turret No. 2 when he heard an explosion that sounded louder than gunfire. Truitt and 10 other men in his compartment...
Iowa survivor was forced to start over Implicated sailor’s friend lost ...
1991年10月18日 · AIKEN, S.C. — Between calls to his attorney, Kendall Truitt turned his head toward the television set and watched a replay of the USS Iowa’s No. 2 gun turret exploding in a big...
Aint No Way to Go: Hell on the Iowa
That gruesome scene is what Gunner's Mate Third Class Kendall Truitt described to Naval investigators within days of one of the worst peacetime accidents in the Navy's history — the April 19, 1989, explosion in gun turret No. 2 aboard the U.S.S. Iowa.
Mystery Aboard the Iowa - TIME
1989年6月5日 · A few days after a 16-in. gun turret blew up on April 19 during practice firing on the battleship U.S.S. Iowa, the Navy presented one of the heroes of | the disaster at a press conference: Gunner’s...
MANY LIVES STILL SHAKEN BY USS IOWA EXPLOSIONS – Daily Press
1991年8月18日 · Kendall Truitt: A former Iowa petty officer, Truitt was one of 12 sailors in the turret who escaped the fiery explosion. Truitt, 21 at the time of the blast, was once best friends with...
Iowa Sailor’s Crew Mate to Get $100,000 - Los Angeles Times
1989年11月6日 · MIAMI — An insurance company has agreed to pay former battleship Iowa sailor Kendall Truitt $100,000 in the death of a crew mate whom the Navy blames for the shipboard explosion that killed...
Truitt wants apology from Navy - UPI Archives
1990年5月26日 · MARION, Ill. -- Kendall Truitt, identified as a key figure in the 1989 blast aboard the USS Iowa that killed 47 sailors, said Friday he was 'bitter, angry, frustrated, fed up'...
The Navy , At Ease, Mr. Truitt: - TIME
1989年6月12日 · In the wake of the gun-turret explosion on the U.S.S. Iowa that in April killed 47 sailors, the Naval Investigative Service considered a bizarre theory: that Navy petty officer Kendall Truitt...