On Oct 12, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote:
> I was on a work crew with a Nam vet this week, and got an earful over > lunch one afternoon when someone made a joking comment about the > election. Seems the vet was on the Forrestal when the missile went > off and killed 134 crewmen, and a lot of his fellow survivors were > convinced that McCain was responsible for that incident No, he wasn't. In fact it was his plane that was hit by the missile, or was next to the plane. Also, in the Wiki article note the orientation of McCains aircraft...the exhaust is out over the side, not where it could set off anything. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Fire> The Navy seriously studied that incident. -- Bruce Johnson U of Az College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions don't have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
