Larry Fitzgerald Eulogy for Senator John McCain (C-SPAN)
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CONSPIRACY THEORISTS CLAIM THAT MCCAIN STARTED THE USS FORRESTAL FIRE OF 1967, KILLING 134 SERVICE MEMBERS, BUT DID HE?
Political cartoonist Ben Garrison published a post that alleges that the late Sen. John McCain started a fire aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 that killed 134 people. It said that McCain “wet-started” his plane, over-fueling the jet engine in order to create a dramatic plume of fire on ignition, and that the flame set off a bomb, which started the fire.
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“On the Forrestal - in order to be Mr. Cool, McCain actually did an illegal "wet start" which caused flames to shoot out the back of his jet and start a fire that caused the A/C behind him to catch fire and the resulting conflagration started bombs blowing up.”
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/08/30/fact-check-mccain-uss-forrestal-fire/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push
Verdict: False
The official Navy report about the Forrestal incident found that a misfired rocket hit another plane and started the fire.
Fact Check:
The post, ‘Ten Reasons Not to Mourn John McCain,” appeared on Garrison’s website alongside a political cartoon about McCain after he died Saturday.
“On July 29, 1967, the spoiled brat McCain pulled a prank and wet-started his jet while aboard the USS Forrestal,” it said. “The huge flame created touched off a bomb on the plane behind him which led to more bombs going off from other parked planes, which then led to the deaths of 134 sailors. McCain did nothing to help during the fire.”
The post was shared over 1,000 times on Facebook and spread by commenters on blogs and on Twitter.
Forrestal was an aircraft carrier stationed off the coast of Vietnam that experienced a catastrophic fire on July 29, 1967. McCain, then a lieutenant commander, was assigned to the carrier and flew an A-4E Skyhawk jet. The fire raged for more than 24 hours, claiming the lives of 134 sailors and airmen and injuring 161 more.
Findings from the U.S. Navy’s official investigation of the incident contradict Garrison’s account of how the fire started.
An electrical malfunction caused a Zuni rocket to fire from one of the planes on board, the investigation found. The rocket hit a plane on the other side of the flight deck, ruptured its fuel tank and ignited the fire. Fuel poured out of the plane, caught fire, and the flames engulfed other planes and caused bombs to explode.
McCain said in his 1999 memoir “Faith of My Fathers” that it was his plane that was hit by the Zuni rocket, though the official investigation said that it hit the plane next to him. Gregory A. Freeman, author of the book “Sailors to the End” about the USS Forrestal fire, said that it is possible that the rocket hit either or both planes.
McCain’s memoir and sworn testimony less than two weeks after the disaster also dispute Garrison’s assertion that McCain did nothing to help during the fire. He said that he helped push bomb carts overboard to prevent them from exploding.
The report blamed the disaster largely on poor safety procedures, poor rocket launcher design and obsolete weapons. Many bombs on the carrier were from World War II, some in crates labeled 1935, and were more susceptible to being “cooked off” and exploding in the fire.
http://checkyourfact.com/2018/08/30/fact-check-mccain-uss-forrestal-fire/?utm_medium=push&utm_source=daily_caller&utm_campaign=push
I suggested P was Payseur months ago and got no affirmative response…. not to say it is not correct answer, easy for things to slip past if not topic of the day
POLICE RADIO COMMS SAN FRAN
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that first link may have been Palo Alto the above is san fran
Listening will update is anything
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