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Explosions Fire Hits Carrier Enterprise Killing 24
The Enterprise suffered a series of blasts and a long fire on the flight deck during a training exercise near Oahu. Twenty four dead and 85 injured, 17 missing, as planes and sailors battled the blaze. The ship returned to port under its own power with 14 aircraft destroyed and several decks damaged.
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