There's only one Marine squadron that I know of that flew the Corsair and had the white stripe at the front of the cowling: VMF-114, the "Death Dealers". They stood up at El Toro, and cut their teeth at Peleliu flying ground attack missions.

If it is from VMF-114, I've got a helluva treat for you: how does a 26 minute long home movie of the squadron sound? Perhaps Granddad is in there somewhere.

Edit: Holy crepe, how about THREE HOURS of interviews with a man who flew with VMF-114? That's part one of six.

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