A Vietnam War-era aircraft carrier, the USS Oriskany, will be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off Pensacola as an artificial reef. Before the sinking, more than 400 veterans who served on the ship are expected at a reception being held, in part, to remember 32 airmen killed and two still listed as missing from operations on the ship...
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