Hangar Fire
It had to be in the early 70's. I was looking through my old "Stuff" and found a unit patch with the lower left side burnt and remembered "The Fire". It was in the small room to the left of' Comm/Nav I think it was either supply or the tool crib, it had stuff you could buy and a coffee pot where you could buy a cup.
Well the coffee pot shorted out and started a small fire that was quickly put out. While the snuffies were cleaning up the mess they found that several of the unit patches that were stored there had gotten burnt and were giving away these "defective" patches for free, I quickly snagged one of the patches because they had been selling for about $2.00 and that was unaffordable when base pay was $46.00 a month. That burnt patch is one of the few reminders I still have of Good old 251 and I remember that fire every time I see that patch.
John Kamens, VMFA-251
