VMA-324
military unit
Marine Attack Squadron 324 (VMA-324) was an attack squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Nicknamed the "Devil Dogs," the squadron was based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina for most of its history however it spent its last three years at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona. Originally commissioned during World War II as a fighter squadron, VMF-324 deployed to Midway Atoll during the later months of the war never participating in combat operations. Following a post-war decommissioning, the squadron was reactivated during the Korean War as an attack squadron. VMA-324 conducted regular training evolutions and world-wide deployments until it was decommissioned on 29 August 1974.
History
World War II
Marine Fighting Squadron 324 (VMF-324) was commissioned on 1 October 1943, at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina as part of Marine Aircraft Group 32 (MAG-32). That same month the squadron was sent to Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Oak Grove along with VMF-321 and Air Warning Squadron 3 to begin their initial training. The squadron moved up to Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Kinston in March 1944 as one of the first squadron's there after the field was opened. VMF-324 departed for Marine Corps Air Depot Miramar on 15 July 1944. During August 1944 detachments from the squadron rotated through Marine Corps Air Station Mojave for additional training in rockets and heavy bomb training.
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