Posted on 07/29/2017 1:42:57 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
In July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. An electrical anomaly had caused the discharge of a Zuni rocket on the flight deck, triggering a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161. At the time, Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, during the Vietnam War.
...The impact of the rocket had also dislodged two of the 1000-lb AN-M65 bombs, which fell to the deck, and lay in the pool of burning fuel between White's aircraft and that of Lieutenant Commander John McCain.
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I consider you to be one of the foundation FReepers - and I don’t pass that out casually. We all have areas about our own behavior we are uncomfortable with. Hey that’s what makes us unique and self aware.
+1. Miscommunication? Never happens around here! ;-)
Regardless of McCain's actions subsequent to the fire and explosions, I agree that he was not the cause of the conflagration.
McCain is a horrible horrible person. Of that I have no doubts ... and no shortage of evidence to show it.
FRegards!
TE
As I recall when it first HAPPENED in 1967, it was McCain that dropped the bomb off the Plane, but then what do I know, I was there..
Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for the links, xrmusn...I will check them out.
Holy smokes, that is one of the most flattering and respectful things anyone has ever said to me on FR...that means a lot, and I appreciate the sentiment!
(Not that I think I am in the same category as some of those people we know!)
Alright! Good to hear, Openurmind...
Thank you Sir! Please have a great evening!
No problem...
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