FRANCIS N JONES left a comment on Shellbacks
"I AM A SHELLBACK IN 1967 ON THE USS FORRESTALCVA-59. WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO WES-PAC. WHAT A CRUISE. THAT MORNING OF THE BIG FIRE ALL HELL BROKE LOSE. I WAS 03 LEVEL AFT ASLEEP WHEN FIRE WAS CALLED. THEN IT WENT TO GQ. THE FIRST BOMB THAT WENT OFF…"
Aug 21, 2019
FRANCIS N JONES left a comment on USS Forrestal CV-59
"I WAS ON HER WHEN SHE BLEWUP. THAT WAS HELL. I AM A SHELLBACK THAT CROSSED THAT LINE IN THE ATLANTIC. I HOPE ALOT OF MY SHIPMATES ARE STILL ALIVE."
Aug 21, 2019