USS Stark dead remembered

Title

USS Stark dead remembered

Genre

Speech

TX Date

22 May 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:06

Description

Speech by US President Ronald Reagan, remembering the victims of an attack on the USS Stark, hit by two Iraqi exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf (17/05/87) at a memorial service. Thirty-seven sailors were killed and twenty-one were injured.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan

Keywords

USA; Deaths; Military affairs; Sailors; Missiles; Iraq; Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988); USS Stark

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