Stop right now. I dislike McCain as much as anyone, but let’s give it to him for what he deserves. He has nothing at all to do with the fire on the Forrestal.
So just stop with it, okay?
Ya know what?
If mccain had nothing to do with the chain of events that day he had a d@mn strange way of showing it
He was the first guy to jump ship- left while it was still burning - while every other man in the ship was engaged in damage control
Flew off to Saigon with the reporter who,had come out to
cover the story
Said he needed some R&R time
He missed the memorial service for his shipmates
Including his deck crew chief and the pilot next to him who died when ordnance was jettisoned from McCains aircraft
Yeah the official story was McCain’s bombs dropped due to the Zuni missile hitting his aircraft - but it didn’t hit his aircraft as mccain claims in his own book
You’d think a guy would remember that detail
The errant Zuni hit the plane oarked next to McCains - pilot was Fred White
Fred White made it out of his cockpit only to be killed by the blast of bomb or bombs dropped from john McCains aircraft
circumstantial evidence is that John jettisoned his bombs in the panic to get out of the cockpit
A reporter who did a very good piece on this incident found major discrepancies in McCains book and the actual accident report
McCains book curiously omits any mention of the pilot who died beside him in the blast of bombs from McCains aircraft ,LCDR Fred D. White . If I was the wife or child of Fred White I sure would have welcomed a visit from MR McCain who,witnessed my loved ones death. Just a courtesy expression if sympathy maybe. Having lost my own father I remember his crew mate who came to our family and stood by us all of his life
John rejoined his crippled ship as it made its way to the Philipines - he seemed driven to get back into combat and was in fact shot down while recklessly flying into AAA ( not a SAM another discrepancy in his own memoirs ) shortly after finally being assigned to another carrier which wasn’t an easy gig for him to get
This is an interesting read. Draw your own conclusions about John S. McCain and the demons I think he has battled for many years
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20081007_investigating_john_mccains_tragedy_at_sea#.Va5aMEmVXUw.mailto