Annotations by NARAvol09, 201-220
Clark Air Force Base, Philippines. OPERATION HOMECOMING---Marine Sergeant Abel L. Kavenaugh, of Denver, Colorado is greeted by a crowd of well-wishers who were at the Clark Air Force Base flight line to cheer the departure of Kavanaugh and 55 other former prisoners of war on their way to the United States. Sergeant Kavanaugh was a member of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division (1stMarDiv), then captured by enemy forces, the 24th of April 1968 and was released March 16, 1973, at ...Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 113 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt) R. Savatt. Flying Peon—Master Sergeant Frank Baker, of Albemarle, North Carolina, at the controls of an armed Huey helicopter. Master Sergeant (MSgt) Baer, one of the few enlisted pilots left in the Corps and the only one flying combat missions in Vietnam is attached to Marine Observation Squadron (VMP)-2 at Danang.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 13 Made 5 days ago |
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Headquarter Marine Corps (HQMC). Photographer: Captain (Capt) J. Collins. Marine Staff Sergeant Bobby Ward (Kansas City, Missouri), of Marine Aircraft Gourp-12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), as he chats with Major General Leslie W. Brown, Commanding General of the 1st MAW during the general’s recent visit to Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Staff Sergeant Ward is with the maintenance team that keeps the Marine “Skyhawks” in the air.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 12 Made 5 days ago |
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North Vietnam. OPERATION HOMECOMING Confinement Series. A display of captured American equipment by the North Vietnamese.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 112 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt) P. L. Stacy. Old and New—Lieutenant Colonel Frank C. Petersen, right, assumes command of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, relieving Lieutenant Colonel (LtCol) Herbert V. Lundin in a change of command ceremony, July 28, at the Marine Air Base, Chu Lai.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 11 Made 5 days ago |
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Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMF Pac). Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) R. K. Dotson. CAMP H. M. SMITH, Oahu, Hawaii, March 18--HAPPY TO BE HERE--Marine Sergeant Abel L. Kavanaugh smiles at the crowd of well-wishers at Hickam Air Force Base, Honolulu, as he walks along the pathway to the lounge. The C-141 which was carrying the former POW's to the mainland stopped over at Hickam to refuel.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 111 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt) P. L. Stacy. Three Hundredth—Marine Captain Kenneth D. Edelen, radar intercept officer, left, is congratulated by his squadron commander, Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Petersen Jr. on completion of Edelen’s 300th combat mission with Marine Righter Attack Squadron 314. Edelen, a veteran aviator had more than 2,700 flight hours.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 10 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt) P. L. Stacy. One Thousand Missions—Three Marine aviators of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-314 hold up 10 fingers representing their 1,000 missions. They are First Lieutenant Melford M. Johnson, center, high with 400, Captain Robert A. Fraser, right, and Captain George M. Lohnes, both with 300 missions.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 9 Made 5 days ago |
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Marine Aircraft Group (MAG). Photographer: P. A. Shortz. Colonel L. E. Brown and Commanding Officer of all Squadrons in MAG-12.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 8 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Poznar. Gregory “Pappy” Boyington visits his old squadron.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 7 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt) Stacy. Lieutenant Colonel Frank E. Petersen, Jr., climbs into his phantom jet for a combat mission in Vietnam. The Colonel took the helm of Marine Fighter attack Squadron-314, July 28, 1968. He is the Marine Corp’s senior Negro officer and the first Marine Negro aviator. Colonel Petersen is also the first Negro to command a squadron in the Naval Service.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 6 Made 5 days ago |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). [Photographer: Unknown]. Major General Raymond G. Davis, Commanding General, 3rd Marine Division. Orientation Flight in OV-10 over the Demilitarized Zone.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 5 Made 5 days ago |
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Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMF Pac). Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) Pat Schmoller. CONGRATULATIONS--Lieutenant General Louis H. Wilson, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMF Pac), congratulated Hospital Corpsman Thomas E. Williamson after presenting him with a Silver Star Medal. The Corpsman is currently attached to 4th Force Recon Co.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 110 Made 5 days ago |
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1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW). Photographer: Lance Corporal (LCp) T. W. Lomax. Intruder Jet—First Lieutenant William D. Carr, Jr., a bombardier-navigator of Marine All Weather Attack Squadron-533, enters the cockpit of an A-6 Intruder for the 281st, and last time, during his tour of duty in Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 4 Made 5 days ago |
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Headquarter Marine Corps (HQMC). Photographer: Captain (Capt) J. Collins. Marine Lance Corporal Edward E. Williams, (Washington, D. C. ) an ordnance-man with Marine Attack Squadron-211, readies the bomb load under an A-4 Skyhawk jet. Within hours after arriving at Bienhoa Air Base, 15 miles north of Saigon, William’s squadron, the “Wake Island Avengers,” began blasting targets in support of South Vietnamese forces.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 3 Made 5 days ago |
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...Marine Corps in August 1949 and lives in Tustin, California.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 109 Made 5 days ago |
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Tustin, California. Photographer: Master Sergeant (MSgt.) C. R. Ayers. OPERATION HOMECOMING---Lieutenant Colonel Edison W. Miller, while sitting on the patio of their home, accepts his wife's POW bracelet as they display the wedding ring that he bought at Clark Air Force Base. Colonel Miller was captured 13 Oct. 1967, in North Vietnam while serving as a pilot with MAG-13. Colonel Miller; a former prisoner of war, was released at Gia Lam International Airport on 12 February 1973. He entered the ...Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 109 Made 5 days ago |
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Camp Pendleton, California. Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) L. Spatafora. OPERATION HOMECOMING---Sergeant Alphonso R. Riate, a former prisoner of war, speaks to crowds of well-wishers upon his arrival aboard a hospital plane from the Far East. Sergeant Riate serving with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, was captured by Viet Cong Forces on April 26, 1967 and was held captive until his release at Hanoi, North Vietnam on March 16, 1973.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 108 Made 5 days ago |
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...Captain Brown returns from captivity in Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 107 Made 5 days ago |
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Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMF Pac). Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) R. K. Dotson. CAMP H. M. Smith, Oahu, Hawaii, March 16-- Captain Paul G. Brown, USMC, is warmly greeeted by Sergeant Major Mike D. (Iron Mike) Mervosh, Sergeant Major of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, as the former POW Lands on American soil in Honolulu, Hawaii. Rear Admiral Howard E. Greer Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, on the staff of Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet, (center) smiles his approval as ....Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 107 Made 5 days ago |
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