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670:"Report of Activities of VMSB-241 during June 4 and June 5, 1942"
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Tyler, Captain
Marshall A. (Commanding Officer VMSB-241) (1996).
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Philippines, VMSB-241 suffered six Marine
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Battles of World War II
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Stations of World War II
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1204:. Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps Historical Center
1458:United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
1164:. Bowersville, Georgia: Schaertel Publishing Co.
1943:Inactive units of the United States Marine Corps
1153:History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II
1108:U.S. Marine Corps Aviation - 1912 to the Present
992:"Captain Richard E. Fleming, USMCR (Deceased)"
597:Albert William Tweedy, Jr. - recipient of the
275:TBFs(launched from Midway but assigned to the
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1283:Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
1155:. Washington, D.C.: Combat Forces Press.
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1288:Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps
1198:Marine Aviation in the Philippines
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1336:House Armed Services Committee
1278:Commandant of the Marine Corps
564:National Naval Aviation Museum
482:Naval Air Station Los Alamitos
354:On 20 September 1944, General
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144:Philippines Campaign (1944–45)
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1875:History of women in the USMC
1845:Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
1636:Chaplain of the Marine Corps
1497:Marine Air-Ground Task Force
1481:Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
1465:Marine Corps Systems Command
1413:I Marine Expeditionary Force
998:. United States Marine Corps
675:. United States Marine Corps
316:Marine Corps Air Station Ewa
41:1 March 1942 – 15 July 1945
1273:Under Secretary of the Navy
1125:Rottman, Gordon L. (2002).
756:Hill Goodspeed (May 2003),
562:, it survives today at the
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1195:Boggs, Charles W. (1951).
1078:. New York: Random House.
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1817:Marine Corps War Memorial
1667:Officer Candidates School
1537:Marine expeditionary unit
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1179:Tillman, Barrett (1998).
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1097:. Garden City, New York:
744:Hubler & DeChant 1944
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376:Sixth United States Army
368:1st Marine Aircraft Wing
253:Marine Aircraft Group 22
1631:Judge Advocate Division
1160:Shettle, M. L. (2001).
451:31st Infantry Divisions
1557:Marine Raider Regiment
1074:Astor, Gerald (2005).
437:on 20 April bound for
344:Munda, Solomon Islands
1719:Vehicles and aircraft
1542:Marine Security Guard
1425:Marine Forces Reserve
1408:Marine Forces Pacific
1396:Marine Forces Command
1353:Seapower subcommittee
1268:Secretary of the Navy
1217:VMA-241 Sons of Satan
765:, Naval Aviation News
216:Marine Forces Reserve
198:and took part in the
1807:White House Sentries
1802:Silent Drill Platoon
1782:Drum and Bugle Corps
1724:Individual equipment
1677:Martial Arts Program
1183:. Osprey Publishing.
433:. VMSB-241 departed
420:1st Cavalry Division
111:"To Feed the Flames"
1130:. Greenwood Press.
1018:"Armond H. Delalio"
891:, pp. 300–306.
590:- recipient of the
360:Far East Air Forces
358:, Commander of the
320:Territory of Hawaii
1822:Marine Detachments
1752:Acronyms and terms
1662:School of Infantry
1616:Historical Marines
1547:Special Operations
1430:Fleet Marine Force
582:Richard E. Fleming
568:Pensacola, Florida
478:Marine Air Reserve
289:Richard E. Fleming
273:United States Navy
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588:Armond H. DeLalio
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297:Japanese cruiser
293:SB2U-3 Vindicator
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