Forrestal’s 50th anniversary tragedy

PENSACOLA, Fla. - Retired Rear Adm. Peter Booth and retired Navy Capt. Flack Logan were both aboard USS Forrestal on July 28, 1967, when a massive fire broke out on the carrier off the coast of Vietnam that killed 134 sailors. It is the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat zone since WWII. Ten years later, Booth would command USS Forrestal. But this coming Saturday, July 29, the duo, both residents of Northwest Florida, will be part of a commemoration of the tragedy's 50th anniversary. The ceremony will be at 10 a.m. on Hangar Bay One of the National Naval Aviation Museum at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. (Source: Pensacola News Journal 07/26/17)