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VMF-112 WOLF PACK ---- This Marine Corsair Fighter Squadron, some where in the South Pacific, has a record of having shot down fifty-eight Zeros against a loss of only one plane. They proudly display their "Tally Board" on which is painted 58 "meat balls" or Jap flags, each representing a Zero knocked down by the squadron. The members are, left to right; First Lieut. J.E. Johnson, Kirkwood, St Louis, Mo.; Captain K.J. Kirk, Barre,Vermont; Captain R.B. Fraser, Geneseo, New York, and First Lieut. W.W. Laird, Sonora, California. Second row, left to right; First Lieut. S.T. Synar, Muskogee, Okla.; First Lieut. H.A. Olsson, Jr., Phoenix, Arizona; First Lieut. J.D. Noble, Holden, Mo.; First Lieut. A.G. Donahue, Texas City, Texas; Captain J.B. Magure, Jr., Jenkintown, Penn.; First Lieut. Samual Richards, Jr., Bates, Arkansas; and First Lieut. T.F. McEvoy, Albany, New York. Third row, left to right; First Lieut. J.E. Morrison, Yakima, Washington; First Lieut. J.P. Lynch, Boston, Mass.; First Lieut. W.E. Sigler, Scarsdale, New York; First Lieut. J.J. DeBlanc, St Martinsville, La.; First Lieut. J.L. Secrest, Baily, Mass.; First Lieut. J.R.Stack, Compton, Maryland; First Lieut. W.P. Nichols, Beaumont, Texas; First Lieut. M.M. Cook, San Francisco, Calif.; and First Lieut. J. Willcox, Bremerton, Washington. Fourth row, left to right;First Lieut. O.J. Seifert, New Ulm, Minnesota; First Lieut. J.G. Percy, San Francisco, Calif.; First Lieut. S.P. Spencer, Williams Bay, Wisconsin; First Lieut. J.B. Mass, Jr. Grosse Point, Mich.; Captain M.R. Yunck, New York, New York; Captain B.H. Baesler, Lake City, Minnesota; First Lieut. H.H. Harter, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and First Lieut. A.R. Rober, Borger, Texas.
OFFICIAL U. S. MARINE CORPS PHOTOGRAPH
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