Navy vets share horrors of 1967 fire aboard USS Forrestal

The crowd listens to retired Navy Captain C. Flack Logan talk about the fire he helped try to put out aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967. Logan was part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Retired Navy Captain C. Flack Logan chats with Bob Loewen, who was also aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 when the fire broke out. Logan and Loewen were part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Retired naval aviators C. Flack Logan and Pete Booth, chat about the fire they were witness to aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967. Logan and Booth were part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

The crowd watches footage of the fire aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967 during the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

The crowd listens to retired naval aviator Pete Booth talk about the fire aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967. Booth was part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Retired naval aviator Pete Booth, talks about the fire he was witness to aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967. Booth was part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Retired Navy Captain C. Flack Logan talks about the fire he helped try to put out aboard the USS Forrestal in 1967. Logan was part of the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

The stern plate of the Uss Forrestal at the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.

Larry Childer, who was a navy firefighter aboard the USS Forrestal from 1972-1975 chats with Von Shehane who was aboard the Forrestal in 1967 during the 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum Saturday, July 29, 2017.