Posted on 01/07/2017 2:57:39 PM PST by Revski
Yes and I learned from youtube. Thanks for your comment.
Oh good grief. How pathetic.
It was so and thanks for bringing it up. :)
After the fires we were in rout to the Philippines for 3 or 4 days and I had to pass by the falling dead to eat at the chow hall and many of them were in hanger bay 1 and 2. Thanks for your comment. Blessing always to you.
LOL because I am not sure about that man. It is said his code name was, songbird. :(
Thanks so much for viewing, commenting, it is a blessing to me.
Thank you my friend for caring. :)
You would think that, wouldn’t you? But it always amazed me how often a person’s ego got in the way of this advice. And often the system promoted the person with the ego over those who were truly responsible for the progress.
Sad that he is our HERO?
Hundreds of sailors were seriously injured and 134 lost their lives in the devastating fire. Twenty planes were destroyed. It was the worst loss of a life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Temporary repairs were made to the ship in the Philippines before the Forrestal headed back to Norfolk, Virginia. It was repaired and put back into service the following April, but never returned to Vietnam.
John McCain narrowly escaped the fire and, afterwards, volunteered for duty on the USS Oriskany. Just three months later, his plane was shot down over North Vietnam and he was taken prisoner. He was not released until five-and-a-half years later, in 1973.
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