a. Iran Air passenger flight 655 to Dubai, took off at 10:17 on July, 3, 1988 from Bandar Abbas International airport in southern Iran.
b. American warship USS Vincennes commanded by William Rogers was in the Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf...
c. At Captain Rogers' orders, 2 cruise missiles were fired at the Iranian flight. The first hit the left wing and the second severed the plane's tail and sent it down into the sea.
d. 290 people including 66 children and 46 foreign nationals were on board the plane. All of them died in the incident..
e. All of the officers in the U.S. warship were awarded medals. Two years later, U.S. President George H. W. Bush granted
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