And that is why McCain explains that he flew off the Forrestal back to Saigon with the NYT reporter who came out by helo to interview the story and look up the son of the Pacific Fleet Commander
Fact Jack
He fled the scene
Unless you want to believe the CO was signing off on leave papers in the midst of trying to save the ship
McCain can claim that he was the very first uninjured crew member to leave the Forrestal for “ some badly needed R&R” while the ship was still burning, missing the memorial service for his dead crew
They shuffled McScrewup off that ship so the accident report could be created.