Thanks for that information.
Your friends comments ring true about McCain.
After the Forrestal, he was assigned to the Oriskany.
He was specifically instructed by the more senior pilots at what level to fly, to avoid being shot down.
Of course, he did not listen.
McCain’s version is that he was shot down by a missile—at 3,000 feet.
The truth is, he was shot down by ground fire.
I call him the first Soviet ace of the Vietnam Era. Including the plane he was shot down in, he wrecked five planes in his aviation career.
He might as well have been working for the other side.
“He might as well have been working for the other side.”
If the truth were told, he is still working for the other side.