The Washington Post, October 19th, 1991
FINALLY, the Navy has delivered an apology of sorts to the family of Clayton Hartwig, a seaman who had been blamed for the explosion on the USS Iowa in 1989. The blast killed Petty Officer Hartwig and 46 shipmates, and after an initial botched investigation the Navy concluded that a suicide and mass murder had occurred. The evidence offered was so suspect that Sen. William Cohen, who sits on one of the congressional committees that later investigated the charges, said to the main witness, "You've got to be kidding." Now the Navy concedes that it never had "clear and convincing evidence" that P...
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