29 July 1967
 

Coming up on a day I won't forget, 29 July 1967, anybody know what happened that day?

You got it.

Damn, never heard this one. Thanks for the education.

I have to think back....I was nine....I think I remember my parents talking. Something about my Uncle Lou.....

Obviously, before my time, but I learned about it as it was used as training when I was in the Naval Reserves.

I recalled as I had been part of an exercise involving the Forrestal awhile before the accident. We had an FJ3 crash into parked planes and the island in a previous not so devastating accident that burned half our flight deck off.

Thank you for the history lesson, very informative. May I ask, how are you involved, if at all, in the incident?

Yes, I had heard that they started using it in training.

I was on board at the time.

Wow. That must have been a tough situation to deal with, friends, brothers getting hurt, the mayhem from the fire and stuff exploding all around the ship. Hard to imagine to be honest. Glad you're still here with us. Thank you for your service.

Thanks, let's say it was an interesting day.