Rear Adm. Richard D. Milligan holds up two books during a Pentagon press conference called to release the findings of the Navy's official investigation into the April 19, 1989, explosion in Turret No. 2 aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). The books were found in the personal effects of Gunner's Mate G (Guns) 2nd Class Clayton M. Hartwig, one of the sailors killed in the explosion. Navy investigators concluded that Hartwig intentionally caused the blast. Milligan with books

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