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MARIHE BARRACKS
CORSAIR ANNIVERSARY
To commemorate the 20th anniver
sary of the first time that the Chance
Vought F4U ’’Corsair” went into .com
bat, a four-foot model of the famous
propeller - driven fighter was'pre
sented to the Marine Corps-on Feb
ruary 13, 1963.
Brigadier General Forman J. ANDER
SON, Deputy Chief of Staff (Air),
accepted the model in behalf of thou
sands of Marine pilots who flew the
gull-winged aircraft from 19^2 until
1957.
A plaque on the model reads: .
"World War II F4U-1 Corsair
This l/9 scale model presented to
Marine Corps Aviation as a token
tribute to those Marine Fighter Pi
lots with wings forever folded, Feb
ruary 13, 1963. Chance Vought Cor
poration".
The model will be displayed" at
Marine Corps Headquarters for a brief
time, and then moved to the Marine
Corps Museum at Marine Corps Schools ,
Quantico, Virginia.
Marine Pilots made over 65 per cent
of the Corsair "kills" in World War
II. Operating primarily from island
airstrips, they shot down 1,400 enemy
planes. Marine air combat losses
totalled only 141 Corsairs.
The F4U’s remained the top Navy and
Marine Corps fighters until 1950,
However, the advent of jet aircraft
did not end the illustrious service
of the "Whistling Death" —as the
Japanese had named the Corsair. When
the jet replaced it as the first-line
fighter, theF4U was assigned the mis
sion of close air support.
The Korean conflict saw the Corsair
back in action. In the first 10
months of fighting, Corsairs flew 82
percent of the ground support mis
sions credited to Marine and Navy
pilots.
Small wonder a young Marine Lieu
tenant in ,Korea was heard to remark:
"The Corsair was good enough for my
old man, so it’s good enough for me."
03T ORDERS'
Both the Barrack's Sergeant Major
and Supply 'Sergeant have received
their orders during the past week.
Both call for transfer upon comple
tion of their present overseas tour
during the month of June 1963.
SgtMaj A.. H. POTTS is scheduled for
transfer to the IstMarDiv' at Camp
Pendleton, California. Not a new
comer for transfer to the division,
he first saw duty at Camp Pendleton
21* years ago.
SSgt L. E. CrASDS will he heading
fdrduty in Philadelphia, Pa., where
he will he reporting to the Marine
Corps Supply Activity in that city.
SSgt GAEDE will he going to the "City
of Brotherly Love" after having re
quested duty at that activity for the
past several years.
Their reliefs are presently on
orders for transfer to this command
and information on them shall he a
matter of publication when they are
joined...
HOSTS .
The Marine Barracks is presently
hosting the Marine Basketball Squad
from Kodiak who are here for the 17th
Naval District Tournament, The Bar
racks here appreciates having 'the
Opportunity of repaying the hospi
tality shown to Adak personnel when
passing through ’ Kodiak enroute to
Adak,
Good luck to you in the tournament
and have a fine time on our "rock0.
MARINE REPORTER-Cp1 Jerry H. LIDYARD