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Missions over vietnam. a plane on the deck accidentally fired a missile, which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno, but others didn't. the fire spread across the ship's deck, killing 134 men, injuring hundreds of others, and destroying 20 planes. >> that was terrible. i'll never forget, some hours after the fire was at least under some control, i went up to the sick bay, because i had gotten some shrapnel in my legs, and there were these individuals lying there, terribly burned and one of the individuals said, mr. mccain, i went over and he told m...

>> old friend, chuck larson, witnessed the crash and says mccain finally kicked the canopy open. >> i don't think it changed him at all. john went back to the room, went to bed for about two hours, got up, we went over to the club for happy hour and he regaled everybody with stories of his crash. >> i don't think until actually the "forrestal", which was a really miraculous that he survived, that he began to take his military career seriously. >> it was july 29th, 1967. his first combat mission aboard the "uss forrestal," an aircraft carrier assigned to bombing missions over vietnam. a plane o...

It was july 29th, 1967. his first combat mission on an aircraft carrier assigned to bombing missions over vietnam. a plane on the deck accidently fired a missile which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno but others didn't. the fire spread across the ship's deck killing 134 men injuring hundreds of others and destroying 20 planes. >> it was terrible. when the fire was under control, i went up in the sick bay because i got shrapnel in my legs and there were these individuals laying there burned and he told me his name and mentioned another pilot and...

Hours, got up and we went over to happy hour and he regaled everybody with stories of his crash. i don't think until actually the force stahl, which was miraculous that he survived, that he began to take his military career seriously. >> it was july fwhooint, 1967, his first combat mission aboard the u.s.s. forceal. a plane on the deck fired a missile which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno, but others didn't. the fire spread across the ship's deck killing 134 men, injuring hundreds of others, and destroying 20 planes. >> it was terrible. i'll n...

>> i don't think it was until the forestall which was miraculous that he survived that he began to take his military career seriously. >> it was july 29th, 1967, his first combat mission aboard the uss forestal, an aircraft carrier assigned to bombing missions over vietnam. >> all on the flight deck. >> a plane on the flight deck accidentally fired a missile which struck the fuel tank of the plane mccain was in. mccain escaped the deadly inferno, but others didn't. the fire spread across the ship's deck, killing 134 men, injuring hundreds of others, and destroying 20 planes. >> it was terrible...