This is a completely accurate account of the fire on the Forrestal...I was the Public Affairs Officer for RAdm Harvey Lanham and was on the Forrestal’s flag bridge for much of the day, as the glass was blown out by shrapnel, as men were vaporized by unstable bombs on deck, and as our shipmates were killed by explosions that reached as deep as seven decks. McCain was a hotdog, just as he is today, but he did not start the fire, nor did he have any responsibility to fight the fire. We had well-trained, fire control parties and he would have been in the way. McCain’s service in the U.S. Senate is much more of a disgrace than his actions on the Forrestal.
Thank you for your service, dunblak.
We owe it to the memory of your shipmates to not allow this to descend into a pit of lies to serve a political purpose.
McCain is despicable.
But making up a lie simply to damn him (as many seem intent to do) when his own actions are quite enough to damn him on his own, is beyond the pale. We can’t let the lives of those men who died simply become a tool, and a punch line because people don’t have enough guts to impale him on the truth of what he has become instead of making up a fable.
I’ll do my part to not let that happen, as will other Freepers with a conscience. We owe it to those who died and who were injured that day to keep the truth intact.