Henry, Chas, 1958-

Fuji fire : sifting ashes of a forgotten U.S. Marine Corps tragedy / Chas Henry.

359.96 Henry 2025

[Washington, DC] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2025]

xi, 297 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm

"On October 19, 1979, the largest, most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded propelled 5,500 gallons of gasoline into corrugated steel huts filled with U.S. Marines. The gas ignited, injuring seventy-three people, thirteen of them fatally. The Marine Corps commandant, a veteran of combat in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, was stunned as he met scores of horribly burned survivors. 'Having witnessed a lot of bad things, ugly things,' the general declared, 'none can compare to that experience.' And yet this 1979 catastrophe on the slopes of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji remains all but forgotten except by those directly affected. Now, the fruits of Chas Henry's exhaustive four-year, two-continent investigation provide insight into what many have called the U.S. Marine Corps' worst-ever peacetime disaster. Fuji Fire shares the compelling and intimate stories of heartbreak and inspiration forged by these events while bringing to light new, critical analyses of the incident's causes and effects."-- Provided by publisher.

United States. Marine Corps -- History -- 1901-2000.

Fires -- Japan -- Camp Fuji.

Typhoons -- Japan.

Camp Fuji (Japan) -- History -- 1901-2000.

Sifting ashes of a forgotten U.S. Marine Corps tragedy

Sifting ashes of a forgotten US Marine Corps tragedy

Sifting ashes of a forgotten United States Marine Corps tragedy

1. Burn Ward -- 2. Seagoing Marines, Choppy Waters -- 3. A Disturbance -- 4. The Camp -- 5. Fuel Farm -- 6. Super Typhoon -- 7. Friday, October 19, Morning -- 8. Friday, October 19, Afternoon -- 9. Friday, October 19, Evening -- 10. Saturday, October 20 -- 11. Sunday, October 21 -- 12. Brooke -- 13. Back at the Camp -- 14. An Informal Investigation -- 15. Aftermath. Addendum 1: Those Who Died -- Addendum 2: Those Who Were Injured -- Addendum 3: Those Who Received Awards.

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction 1. Burn Ward -- 2. Seagoing Marines, Choppy Waters -- 3. A Disturbance -- 4. The Camp -- 5. Fuel Farm -- 6. Super Typhoon -- 7. Friday, October 19, Morning -- 8. Friday, October 19, Afternoon -- 9. Friday, October 19, Evening -- 10. Saturday, October 20 -- 11. Sunday, October 21 -- 12. Brooke -- 13. Back at the Camp -- 14. An Informal Investigation -- 15. Aftermath Addendum 1: Those Who Died -- Addendum 2: Those Who Were Injured -- Addendum 3: Those Who Received Awards .

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