Kearsarge (CV 33) - Naval Cruise Book

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f P . J' f I C 1 ,xv iffzfff' ' N .XX i Q a Us ,rises flfl ,. vC'h-fini ' . '11,-.-'..,1Q,, , , ' ' -' X 1. rg f 1 ' ,. X ii-gg, :': ,K '55, I '- . so f- A he i ' 0 if .Q 1 if N x F, .xxx si H K A 5 -1 A fi-'Q gil D 5 -..i't: :AAHE ir.: 4, , ., .M , ' 'hx ,gn '-1 j A 55 X- . The-n 1-iiiiio 25 June, 1950, and outbreak of hostilitit-s in liorva. These squadrons were then ciillt-il togvtlivr to light as the hrst Reserve Air iiiftlllll uwr to he iorniefcl. Un 20 July 1950, VA 702 was called to 1llfllYlfllllly. Within 1148 hours after this order was rm-uviwal. u disputtfli was sent to the Chief of Naval Air llc-serve Training that the squadron was stumlingg hy for ussigiiiiiont. At dawn on 28 july, this entire organization hoarded Navy R4-D's for NAS Sun Diego, wlioro it was greeted hy VAlJNl T. l.. Sprugiio, IIONIAIRPAC, as the first orguiiizeil unit oi' the Armed Forces to report for active duty in the Korean conflict. Nil Til was Coinniissioned at NAS Glenview on l .llllf lf?-l-fi. with a dillerent numerical flvsignaitioii, ns it ll0L1tTf'lllllC readiness group. Six days tdtf-r rut-ifiviiig their orders, the squadron was ini-t with ll hig Wulf-oinc, Vlfeekencrl War- riors in luingair 525 at NAS North lsland. Alle-r si-vi-ral months ol' Corsair flying with the thri-tv other l -lil? seliuulrons, und VA 702, VF 721 Iwi-aiiio u -int stluadron. :XS the F9l72,S arrived, nn-n wviwf sunt to it-t svhools, and FASRON SEVEN llvllwtl YYllll Qflitlllllll svlluul liur f.llC pilots. Afilil' wi-oks nl' training ut NAA5 El Centro, lying in the lniiwriul uillov just over the Sierras from 5:1nllie'go.tliu SlLlI'lltlSil'I'S were sent to NAS ,lin-lxsomillo for vnrrii-1' ilimlifivations zihoard the USS UlllSligXYY. 'l'hon. han-li tu El Centro for Q. 5, mort' training. -f V A-A --1 1.1 pf fi' N-...,....