I was told a story about a disaster aboard the ship his father was commanding when McCain was a pilot and mistakenly released a missle while the jet was top side killing a service man or some. It was covered up, anyone know anything about this?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire
That would be the Forrestal fire but McCain’s father wasn’t the captain of the ship, he was already an admiral by then.
USS Forestal, but the claim is iffy at best.
He was Mr. Hot Dog his whole career to that point, so I don’t dismiss it completely.
I’m in good company, but in all honestly, he may not have played a part in it at all. I just don’t know.
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, but it will always remain a possibility to me.
Just Google ‘Forrestal fire’ or ‘Forrestal disaster’.
There is a lot of information about the incident on the net..
No, they left the safety off the things.
But, J McCain was nearly knocked down as a result of disobeying orders..at least once and maybe a couple times.
Then, his constant lying about MIAs to the point of passing a law that would prevent the investigation into it.
Even some of his fellow POWs considered him a GD turn coat.