[Chainmail]

“He still had a sidearm”.

You need to do slightly more research: he landed in a shallow lake in the middle of the city with one arm broken and both shoulders dislocated. Just a tad difficult, tactically.

I take it that you’ve never been shot at while you’re out in the water. I have and it isn’t fun.

[HomerBohn]

I’ve been shot at while crawling through mud at midnight.

[cva66snipe]

I served under a former Hanoi Hilton POW. People sure have some weird notions that when Jettison is done it's a float down and all is well. The POW I knew we'd see him walking down the passageway. He'd suffered serious lasting injuries that even in the late 1970's were still easy to spot. He was shot down and the jettison process and landing messed him up. This man was one of the longest held. So much for the John Wayne's in here saying what they would of done. Oh and he was on the list of about 300 former high ranking retired officers supporting McCain in 2008.

I can PM the name for you to confirm what I am saying about the person and endorsement but I won't post it due to "I wanna Conspiracy" Tin Foil Kookery.

Not that I said that McCain is a sorry senator. I would not want him elected dog catcher. However his service has been attacked even by Morons thinking he caused the Forestall fire when plane spotting made it an impossibility.

There used to be a poster in here that came up with real whoppers for Navy conspiracies including we sank the Kursk LOL. He was nuked from the site.

I will say this about McCain. he could have avoided combat with his connections. he didn't. Even after seeing an inferno hell happen few could comprehend he went back to the fight.

Politically I hope McCain is finished. But as a sailor who served this nation I wish him well.