Marine Red
The story of a Marine and “his” Corsair
The sketch at left shows what Redʼs typical mission looked like - flying fast, hitting low. The photo at lower left showing the results of a Navy raid against a North Korean train. The photo below shows Red climbing aboard a Checkerboarder F4U-4. Notice the flight suit. Redʼs not a big guy. The NASA-like bulk was a reminder that the waters surrounding the carrier
The Checkerboarders mission wasn’t all that different than Marine squadrons in WW2 - hitting ground targets. Go in low, fast...and hope against the salt-shaker sized projectiles screaming back at 1,500 feet per second. “The puff that got you was the one you didn’t see.”
This salt shaker is pretty close to the actual size of a 37mm anti-aircraft head.
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