I’ve never really known. What really happened on the Forrestal, and what was McCain’s role in it?
The video of the incident shows the Zuni coming off the F-4. Whatever chain of events preceding that is the cause chain. NN was a showboat and got slack because of his old man, but unless he doubled as an ordnance man, he didn’t start the fire.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3682655/posts
You should read the whole thread, there are comments there from people who were Navy, and some who were onboard. I started it because I was looking to see if his character had always been pissy. It had.