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| Otis Willie PIO The American War Library... |
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Four sailors earn medals for saving shipmates
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/navy_george_washington_110109w/
{EXCERPT} , By Mark D. Faram - Staff writer Posted : Monday Nov 2, 2009 6:46:19 EST
The fire aboard the carrier George Washington on May 22, 2008, cost the Navy $70 million in damages — and very nearly cost four sailors their lives.
Crew members fought for six hours to free four sailors trapped in an aviation fuel pumping room. Intense heat caused team after team to turn back after battling down the nearly vertical ladders in the trunk space that led to the pump room
deep within the hull.
Nearly a year and a hal
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