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Death Rattlers: Marine Squadron VMF-323 over Okinawa (Hardcover)
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Death Rattlers: Marine Squadron VMF-323 over Okinawa (Hardcover)
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Nearly every World War II fighter squadron that flew in Europe has
had its history chronicled. Other than "Pappy" Boyington's famous
VMF-214 "Black Sheep", little has been written about Marine Corps
squadrons in World War II. The contribution of VMF-223, the "Death
Rattlers", over Okinawa in the Spring of 1945 is virtually unknown.
In two months there, the squadron became the top-scoring unit of
any service with 124 1/2 victories and produced 12 aces, the most
for one tour of any Marine squadron. The squadron downed 24 3/4
Japanese aircraft twice in its tour, the most for a single Marine
squadron in any single action. The squadron's story is not only one
of its pilots, combat, and valor, but also of the enlisted men,
"the ground-crunchers," who made it function against the Japanese
kamikaze menace. Along with the traditional historical perspective,
it is an inside look at the personal side of training and war. It
is the story of a group of untried young men who trained long and
hard and became "family."
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