87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group
June 6th, 1944 (D-DAY)
F4U-1A "Corsair" VF-17 "Jolly Rogers", 1944. "White 17" flown by Lt.Cdr. Roger R. Hedrick
VMF-214 "Black Sheep"
Major Gregory “Pappy" Boyington (28 kills).
Vella-Lavella, Solomon Islands, 1943