“Fuji Fire-Sifting Ashes of a Forgotten U.S. Marine Corps Tragedy”

Former U.S. Marine Chas Henry joined us this evening to discuss the 1979 tragedy of how an intense tropical cyclone with destructive winds propelled over 5,000 gallons of gasoline into corrugated steel huts filled with U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji and ignited. The fire injured 73 people and killed 13 of them. Chas discussed this “forgotten” tragedy in greater detail!