HONORED ON PANEL 11E, LINE 107 OF THE WALL
JAMES LEWIS BREWER
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JAMES L BREWER
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POSTED ON 10.9.2021
POSTED BY: John Fabris
honoring you...
Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from your friend Hickman Ewing is touching. As long as you are remembered you will remain in our hearts forever...
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POSTED ON 7.11.2019
POSTED BY: Dennis Wriston
I'm proud of our Vietnam Veterans
Lieutenant Junior Grade James Lewis Brewer, Served with Attack Squadron 164 (VA-164), Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16), USS Oriskany, Task Force 77 (TF-77), 7th Fleet.
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POSTED ON 8.23.2017
POSTED BY: [email protected]
Casualty at Sea
On October 26, 1966, there was a flare fire aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany operating in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam. Two sailors were re-stowing unexpended MK-24 Mod 3 flares when one was accidentally dropped. The igniter had not been reset to SAFE. As it fell, the safety lanyard was inadvertently pulled, actuating the flare. For reasons known only to him, one of the sailors picked up the armed flare, threw it into the magazine locker, and closed the door. Some 2.75-inch rocket warheads loaded with Composition B were stowed in the locker. Shortly after the flare ignited in the locker, the intense heat caused a 2.75 rocket warhead in the locker to detonate, sending fire and smoke into the hangar bay. This was followed by a second warhead explosion that spread fire throughout the entire hangar deck and in the forward portion of the ship. Finally, heat caused a liquid oxygen tank to explode. Before the fires were completely under control, 44 sailors had died (43 from asphyxiation and one from burns) and 156 had been injured. Beside the material damage to the ship, two helicopters and an A-4E aircraft were destroyed and three A-4E aircraft were damaged. The estimated cost of the material damage was $11 million. The following officers and men of Oriskany died in or as a result of the fires: CDR Jack H. Harris, CDR Richard E. Donahue, CDR Harry W. Juntilla (DOW 10/31/66), LCDR William J. Garrity Jr., LCDR Walter F. Merrick, LCDR Omar R. Ford, LT Frank M. Gardner, LTJG Dewey L. Alexander, LTJG Ramon A. Copple, LTJG James B. Hudis, LTJG James A. Kelly Jr., LTJG Franklin M. Tunick, BM3 Donald W. Shanks, BM3 Alvin M. Shifflett Jr., SN Robert L. Dyke, SN James K. Gray, SN James A. Lee, FN William Walling, AA Greg E. Hart, CDR Rodney B. Carter, LT Lloyd P. Hyde, LTJG William R. Clements, CDR George K. Farris, LCDR James A. Smith, LT John F. Francis, CDR John J. Nussbaumer, AZAN David A. Liste, LCDR Clement J. Morisette, LT Clarence D. Miller, LTJG Thomas E. Spitzer, ENS Ronald E. Tardio, CDR Clyde R. Welch, LCDR Daniel L. Strong, LTJG James L. Brewer, LTJG William A. Johnson, LCDR Norman S. Levy, LTJG Cody A. Balisteri, LTJG William G. McWilliams III, ENS Charles W. Boggs, LT Josslyn F. Blakely Jr., LT Julian D. Hammond Jr., LTJG Gerald W. Siebe, LTJG James R. Welsh, and ENS Daniel O. Kern. [Taken from insensitivemunitions.org and virtualwall.org]
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POSTED ON 6.30.2017
POSTED BY: dewey jackson
MY buddy
Jimmy and I were buddies on Bluebird in Whitehaven in the fifty's. I remember his mother taking us to go horse riding. I too was in the Navy, but didn't see any action except for Cuban crisis. Sorry I never got to meet up with Jimmy after the service. I remember the fun we had as kids.
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POSTED ON 6.30.2017
POSTED BY: Lucy Conte Micik
Thanks
Dear Lt JG James Brewer,
Thank you for your service as an Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot from the U. S. S. ORISKANY. This is Independence Day weekend, and it is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
Thank you for your service as an Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot from the U. S. S. ORISKANY. This is Independence Day weekend, and it is important for us all to acknowledge the sacrifices of those like you who answered our nation's call. Please watch over America, it stills needs your courage and faithfulness. Rest in peace with the angels.
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