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US Marine Corps Capt. Patrick G. Carroll, 27, of El Toro, California, ejected safely moments before his Douglas A-4E Skyhawk, BuNo 150089, crashed in a remote area 20 miles N of Big Bear, California in Lucerne Valley at 1528 hrs. The impact initiated a 30-acre brushfire in Lovelace Canyon, south and west of the Lucerne Valley, which was still ...
Lewie Griffith Merritt (nicknamed "Griff") (June 26, 1897 – March 24, 1974) was a Major General and early aviator in the United States Marine Corps. Merritt served over 30 years in the Marine Corps, including service in World War I at Belleau Wood and as an aviator during World War II in both the European and Pacific Theaters. After retiring ...
On 14 August 1974, VMFA-122 was placed in a cadre status in anticipation of becoming the Marine Corps’ first F-14A squadron. With the decision not to accept the Tomcat into the Marine Corps inventory, VMFA-122 was reactivated at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina and refitted with the F-4J in September 1975. On 25 September 1985, VMFA-122 flew its ...
The memories came flooding back for one Marine as a stranger returned photos from his deployment nearly a decade ago he believed had been lost forever.
VF-1, the first of the Pacific Fleet F-14 Tomcat squadrons to form, deployed aboard USS Enterprise, loses second of two aircraft during the 1974–75 deployment, signalling fan-blade containment problems with early TF30 turbofans, [1] when F-14A-70-GR, BuNo 159001, 'NK112', crashes into the sea near Cubi Point after engine failure. Both crew ...
Robert Everton Cushman Jr. (December 24, 1914 – January 2, 1985) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 25th commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1972, to June 30, 1975.
The service kept pretty active in training and in combat, and usually, a Marine Corps combat photographer was on hand to document the action. 12 of the best photos of the US Marine Corps in 2016 ...
The Marine Corps emblem is the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, sometimes abbreviated "EGA", adopted in 1868. [153] The Marine Corps seal includes the emblem, also is found on the flag of the United States Marine Corps, and establishes scarlet and gold as the official colors. [154]