re: The 79th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima approaches, here's audio from the battle...

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That was neat listening to the planes shooting their ordinance. He said it was a marine fighter so F4U Corsair?

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By that time in the war, Marines would have flown Corsairs almost exclusively in the fighter role (some F6F-3Ns in night fighter role). Marine squadrons were assigned to carriers at that time. My books say eight squadrons participated, but I only see VMF-216 and -217 on the USS Wasp was named in this book.