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WASHINGTON - Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack against the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) while she was refueling in Aden Harbor, Yemen. The explosion from a small boat claimed the lives of 17 Cole Sailors and injured another 37.
For more information, please contact the Naval History and Heritage Command public affairs office at 202-433-0310 or 202-657-2688 or via email at sandra.gall@navy.mil. For more information pertaining to the 20th Commemoration events of USS Cole (DDG 67), please contact Commander, Surface Force Atlantic public affairs office at 757-836-3140 or 757-836-3142 or via email at james.dengio@navy.mil
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