HINT: Scroll down to view all thumbnails. Click on a thumbnail for a larger picture. Click on NEXT(upper right hand corner) to advance to next full size image. Key F11 will toggle you between full screen mode off and on, a nice feature for viewing photo's. Enjoy If you have time visit some of my other gallery's by clicking on All Gallery's above. Thanks for looking in. **************************************************************************************************** March 1962: VMA 211 was the first Skyhawk squadron to trans-pacific from El Toro, California to Iwakuni, Japan. The route was El Toro - Hawaii - Midway - Wake Island - Guam and Iwakuni. Squadron personnel were placed along the route to service aircraft as they landed at different locations across the Pacific. Approximately 20 VMA 211 A4D-2N Skyhawks departed El Toro, California arriving at Marine Corps Air Facility Iwakuni, Japan about a week later. At Wake Island there was a brief tribute ceremony to the Marines from VMF 211 that died in 1942 defending Wake Island. 1962 - 1963: During the following 13 months VMA 211 made several deployments to Okinawa and the Philippines. July 1962: During VMA 211's Iwakuni deployment about 25 support personnel were loaned to assist VMA 332's flight operation at Udon, Thailand. VMA 332 flew close air support sorties into Laos assisting Air America's operations. VMA 332 had deployed from Atsugi on Air America's request. March 1963: VMA 211 returned to El Toro, California where the Squadron was assigned the A-4E Skyhawk.******* NOTE: All the black and white images, with a few noted exceptions, were originally taken in 1962-1963 with my Petri 7S rangefinder camera and recently scanned with an Epson Perfection 1650 scanner.****************************************************************************************** NOTE: From time to time I receive images from other former 211 members. To date Dick Stefanski, MGySgt Jerry J. Gooch USMC(ret) and Craig Bowlby have sent me pictures. I have posted them to this gallery with their permission. Their images will have their name at the bottom right hand side under the picture and will also include any history they may have sent along with the image. I thank them for sharing their images with us. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________