2LT Robert M. Bartlett El Centro, Calif, March 17, 1944, died of wounds
Unit VMF323, Marine Air Group 43, MFAW, Marine Close Air Support
Enlisted August 11, 1943. Service ID: 28038.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
VMF-323 was commissioned August 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMF-323 began training in F4U Corsairs almost immediately for combat in the Pacific theater of World War II. On December 16, 1943 the squadron received orders to prepare to move to the west coast of the United States beginning the first week of January 1944. Much of the new squadron's training was done at Marine Corps Air Station El Centro and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California. In July 1944, the Death Rattlers departed for the Pacific aboard USS Long Island. For the next nine months, VMF-323 flew training missions from secure island bases in the South Pacific.
Unit VMF323, Marine Air Group 43, MFAW, Marine Close Air Support
Enlisted August 11, 1943. Service ID: 28038.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
VMF-323 was commissioned August 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMF-323 began training in F4U Corsairs almost immediately for combat in the Pacific theater of World War II. On December 16, 1943 the squadron received orders to prepare to move to the west coast of the United States beginning the first week of January 1944. Much of the new squadron's training was done at Marine Corps Air Station El Centro and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California. In July 1944, the Death Rattlers departed for the Pacific aboard USS Long Island. For the next nine months, VMF-323 flew training missions from secure island bases in the South Pacific.
2LT Robert M. Bartlett El Centro, Calif, March 17, 1944, died of wounds
Unit VMF323, Marine Air Group 43, MFAW, Marine Close Air Support
Enlisted August 11, 1943. Service ID: 28038.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
VMF-323 was commissioned August 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMF-323 began training in F4U Corsairs almost immediately for combat in the Pacific theater of World War II. On December 16, 1943 the squadron received orders to prepare to move to the west coast of the United States beginning the first week of January 1944. Much of the new squadron's training was done at Marine Corps Air Station El Centro and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California. In July 1944, the Death Rattlers departed for the Pacific aboard USS Long Island. For the next nine months, VMF-323 flew training missions from secure island bases in the South Pacific.
Unit VMF323, Marine Air Group 43, MFAW, Marine Close Air Support
Enlisted August 11, 1943. Service ID: 28038.
Awards: World War II Victory Medal, Purple Heart
Details of career here.
VMF-323 was commissioned August 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina.
VMF-323 began training in F4U Corsairs almost immediately for combat in the Pacific theater of World War II. On December 16, 1943 the squadron received orders to prepare to move to the west coast of the United States beginning the first week of January 1944. Much of the new squadron's training was done at Marine Corps Air Station El Centro and Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California. In July 1944, the Death Rattlers departed for the Pacific aboard USS Long Island. For the next nine months, VMF-323 flew training missions from secure island bases in the South Pacific.
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2LT, US MARINE CORPS WORLD WAR II
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