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<text id=91TT2387>
<title>
Oct. 28, 1991: American Notes:Military
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Oct. 28, 1991 Ollie North:"Reagan Knew Everything"
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 35
American Notes
MILITARY
Without Clear Proof
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<p> Ever since a gun turret exploded aboard the battleship Iowa
in 1989, killing 47 sailors, the Navy has sought the cause of the
blast. The two-year probe, however, has been inconclusive. Last
week Admiral Frank Kelso, Chief of Naval Operations, admitted
that "despite all efforts, no certain answer regarding the
cause of this terrible tragedy can be found." The Navy also
apologized to the family of Clayton Hartwig, one of the sailors
who perished. An initial criminal investigation had suggested,
without strong corroborating evidence, that Hartwig had
committed suicide by setting off the explosives because he had
been upset over a failed homosexual relationship.
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<p> It will probably never be known why bags of ammunition
designed for the ship's 16-in. guns ignited during loading,
creating the inferno in which the men died. And despite Kelso's
expression of regret that Hartwig was blamed for the incident
"without clear and convincing proof," his family is not dropping
a $40 million lawsuit against the Navy for soiling the dead
man's name.
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