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when it went aboard. Combat operations were flown off the Sicily for a few months. On 20 Sep, the Death
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beginning on 25 October 1965. Combat operations started the day after they arrived. The squadron lost its first aircraft a week after they arrived when the squadron's executive officer was shot down by a
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The squadron was re-designated Marine Attack Squadron 323 (
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Fighter attack squadrons of the United States Marine Corps
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1382:. Washington, D.C.: Marine Corps Historical Center, 2000.
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Camp, Dick (2021). "Tactical Air Force, Tenth Army".
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1282:"Second Pilot Identified in F/A-18 Crash"
1141:Marine Corps Aviation Association Journal
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863:In 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001 the
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2066:Color Sergeant of the Marine Corps
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367:McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet
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2179:History of women in the USMC
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1940:Chaplain of the Marine Corps
1801:Marine Air-Ground Task Force
1785:Marine Corps Cyber Auxiliary
1769:Marine Corps Systems Command
1717:I Marine Expeditionary Force
1288:. 5 May 2007. Archived from
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688:flew armed patrols over the
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396:and their radio callsign is
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1577:Under Secretary of the Navy
1496:VMFA: Death Rattlers Afloat
1412:Rottman, Gordon L. (2002).
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833:Presidential Unit Citation
698:Chinese nationalist forces
549:Battle of Chosin Reservoir
363:United States Marine Corps
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256:Operation Enduring Freedom
236:Operation El Dorado Canyon
209:Battle of Chosin Reservoir
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1971:Officer Candidates School
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957:Francis A. Terrill - 6.1
892:Operation Southern Watch
869:Operation Southern Watch
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537:Marine Aircraft Group 33
383:3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
379:Marine Aircraft Group 11
246:Operation Southern Watch
214:Attack on the Sui-ho Dam
127:3rd Marine Aircraft Wing
123:Marine Aircraft Group 11
69:United States of America
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951:Joseph V. Dillard - 6.3
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875:Global War on Terrorism
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261:Operation Iraqi Freedom
251:Global War on Terrorism
52:1 August 1943 - present
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1729:Marine Forces Reserve
1712:Marine Forces Pacific
1700:Marine Forces Command
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1572:Secretary of the Navy
1418:Westport, Connecticut
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973:William L. Hood - 5.5
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1218:Pitzl, G.R. (1987).
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231:Operation Eagle Claw
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1357:Corsair to Panthers
940:Jeremiah J. O'Keefe
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221:Dominican Civil War
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2056:Acronyms and terms
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1920:Historical Marines
1851:Special Operations
1734:Fleet Marine Force
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1286:United States Navy
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