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The father of one of my Nimitz shipmates, Bob Williams, was also on the Forrestal when they had their big fire. He was OK, also. A lot of things went wrong that day and the use of a bunch of bombs that were way past their "best served by" date didn't help. A real mess. We had a fire that killed several people in Spring of '81 while we were heading to Gitmo while working up for a Med cruise deployment. It was bad, but nothing compared to the Forrestal disaster. John McCain was a real Navy hero who survived that terrible event.
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I'm glad your shipmate's father survived the Forrestal disaster. People don't always understand the potential for danger on naval ships/aircraft carriers. And like you said, a lot went wrong that day. And John McCain absolutely was a hero. He not only survived the Forrestal, he also survived five and a half years of torture as a POW in Nam (at the "Hanoi Hilton"). Veterans Day is a perfect time to remember and honor him. May his memory and legacy live on!