Yes he was standing on the flight deck and saw that 1st Zuni rocket and all the chaos and devastation that followed. This photo was taken 3 days before the fire.

[deleted] t1_iuja34k wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:21 PM

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sparklinbeeze OP t1_iujay4r wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:27 PM

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Yes, he survived the fire, but he will tell you that day has never truely escaped him. So terrifying. He was only 20 years old when the fire happened.

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marcuse11 t1_iuk5zec wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:11 PM

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Did he know John McCain?

sparklinbeeze OP t1_iukbau4 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:53 PM

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No, he only knew that John McCain was a pilot during the time they served.

msdemos t1_iukbe87 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:54 PM

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Pretty cool just to get to sit in one !! But imagine being entrusted to actually FLY that MILLIONS of dollars worth of military weaponry right off the carrier deck !!

Yeah.....no pressure there....... gif

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My dad sitting in an F4 Phantom aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Forrestal July 1967.

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bogarto101 t1_iuj13vl wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:21 PM

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sparklinbeeze OP t1_iuj3s5q wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:38 PM

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