Tarawa (CVA 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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1- FIGHTER SQUADRON UNE HUNDRED two left LCDR R. A. Clarke Commanding Officer right LCDR C. K. Ruiz Executive Officer . . ., ,,,.,,,.,......... .... .. .. ,,,,,, N 7, fe, ,W 1 Lg. 5.-gf 'ff -15 f , Z4 .gf QW , Ts., X L. N, M f4Qf, f,,,, . . ..,,. , 4 MM s i .,., -U ,. , ef fs r-rr- ' s Aff W ' V I, X yy 3 2' si '-XX W' ,, .1 'fy ,.,f, '?M 554 if ,, 6,22 X X, - WWW 7 V, I Yr, fy Y, kkkk , S, 7 . Z7 12,6 , fi-ss, cs - f 054' ,,,, fe Z I !iv,fZf'1f5f.. ' ss, sf. FW ,W nf, s Q , - . ff nf Z Q X, f X XLL' V ly ii ' i,si'! Lif'f. f 4' .Af W , M ffff5'L7L 9 1 plz, Q rl: m1frf.1!211f1+,g g 2. ,.,e. The birth of Fighter Squadron One Hundred Two took place on 1 May 1952, when one hundred and twenty officers and men met sixteen Corsairs at NAS Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Florida. After seven months of strenuous f1ying, the Corsairs were replaced with Panthers, necessitating a complete new familiarization for all hands. However, by January, 1953, the squadron had qualified aboard the U.S.S. Coral Sea and departed for training at Guantanamo Bay and a week aboard the U.S.S. Bennington. That this training. paid off was proven beyond question after the splendid record made in the June Compex Gunnery Exercises. August saw the squadron on the Val- ley Forge to Halifax, Nova Scotia fo training and lnstruc tion of two hundred Annapolis Midship men in the ways of carrier get aviation A large shuffle of personnel Sep l tember left scarcely enough time to re- organize and qualify the squadron in Octo er lust prior to embarking on the squadrons greatest venture to date, clr cling the globe with the USS Tarawa .I r . - ' - b ..... .' ' .fx in - l