
Caption | Major Gregory Weissenberger, Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron 213, the “Hellhawks,” getting into his F4U-1 Corsair with the engine running, Guadalcanal, Solomons, 1943. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via the Bobby Rocker Collection | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Guadalcanal, British Western Pacific Territories | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 26 Jan 2013 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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David Stubblebine says:
25 Dec 2015 08:18:02 PM
I think Bill meant VMF-213.

25 Dec 2015 08:18:02 PM
I think Bill meant VMF-213.
3. David Moore says:
19 Mar 2020 07:23:13 AM
Greg Weissenberger is my great uncle and my own military heritage. Any additional pictures you have of him would be appreciated.
19 Mar 2020 07:23:13 AM
Greg Weissenberger is my great uncle and my own military heritage. Any additional pictures you have of him would be appreciated.
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F4U-1 assigned to VMF-214, Solomon Islands photograph was taken at Guadalcanal during VMF-214's first combat tour.