I first read about him in “Halsey’s Typhoon”
President Ford’s decisions saved his ship and the lives of everyone on it.
I was shocked
Yes. That episode where he nearly went over the side was hair-raising to read. It made me think of a guy sliding down an ice slope on a mountain, flailing wildly with his ice axe and crampons, anything to stop.
Ford hit that low metal rail with his feet, flipped and caught the railing.
Just damn. Then, he went and fought the fires, IIRC.