Tarawa (CV 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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ffm ff Pori 3300 Commanding Oj?iC6T, Lt. Comcir. B. Mcbziiglolin Executive Officer, Lt. Comcir. H. Mcl17b0rter Fighter Squadron Thirteen As a result of CNO's decision to have three, rather than two Hghter squadrons in each air group, Fighter Squadron 'l'HIR'1'lilLN, the newest member of the Air Group was commissioned 2 August 1948 in San Diego, Calilornia. Men and planes were assigned from the two older lighter squadrons, and a lew additional assignments by ClornlfairXiVestCoast brought us up to lull strength. Out commanding oflitger, I.t. Conidr. BERNARD MC I-,Xllf,lll.lN was lated with the problem ol' whipping this llt'lf'ltH1tIlt'tlllSgltblllb into a st-:igoing outht in the 1 1 short time ieinaining beloise the eiuise. ln spite ol' the :itlxantt-int'nt ol our sthetluletl deployment date by sew-tal net-ks, wr' iiiainagt-tl to pull out :tt'teptaiit'e Llltftlxla. ily day :ind night tztiiiei qualilitation hops, and went on board on schedule with plenty of flying as a team behind us. just before we loaded aboard, the powers that be, reduced our complement of FSF Bearcat planes to eight, and put us in charge of the care and feeding tbut not the flyingj of the TBM's, Guppies. and the F615 night fighters that were assigned to the mighty Flight time was hard to get, but the other Fighter squadrons were big and easy, and loaned us Bearcats when we needed them. Our insigne was chosen as a symbol of our bastard status. The colors ol' our two parent squadrons appear on the shield, separated by the bar sinister and sur- mouuted by a clenched m.tiled list and our motto I hate the will and the might . ln other words, XYe are reatly now, launch 'em tusj

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