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Item: ONSV21BCM3
Original U.S Korean War Marine Fighter Squadron 323 Flight Schedule Record March 20th 1952
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Original Item: One-of-a-kind. When the Korean War began in 1950, Marine Fighter Squadron 323 (VMF-323) began combat operations from USS Badoeng Strait as part of Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33), supporting ground forces in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, Battle of Inchon, Battle of Chosin Reservoir and almost every other major campaign of the conflict. During action near Kosong, on 11 August 1950, a VMF-323 Corsair pilot, Captain Vivian M. Moses, became the first Marine aviator killed in Korea.[4] The unit also took part in the attack on the Sui-ho Dam in June 1952. The squadron was re-designated Marine Attack Squadron 323 (VMA-323) in June, 1952. The Death Rattlers left Korea in July 1953.
This is a "score board" with aluminum backing and plexiglass glass front sandwiched between is the Flight Schedule Record March 20th, 1952. Above the document is original hand painted leather squadron patch for the 323. Painted on the plexiglass glass is the following"
323
FLIGHT SCHEDULE
RECORD
SOR91TIES
TO MEN WHO
MADE IT POSSIBLE
FROM THE PILOTS. THANKS
Plaque measures 21" tall by 9" wide.
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