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Entry: 81825 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	I AM GLENN CARMICHAEL'S OLDEST SON
MICHAEL CARMICHAEL wrote on January 23, 2012 City and State: LAS VEGAS NV Unit: Service or Relationship: OTHER Comments: I am the oldest son of Glenn Carmichael, skipper of the Bitter Birds squadron, k.i.a. If anyone out there has a persobal story, old photos, memories please contact me at carmime1@gmail.com I want to thank the Garrison family for the information they gave me several years ago. Are any of Dad's old friends out there? Thanks Keywords: Bitter Birds

Entry: 72085 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	RESERVE SQUADRON---VF-884
THOMAS E. (T.E.) MOORE wrote on October 26, 2009 City and State: ESTERO FL Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN Comments: ON 20,JULY,1950,A US NAVY RESERVE SQUADRON-VF-884, "THE BITTER BIRDS", THEIR INSIGNIA WAS AN IRRITATED- LOOKING JAYHAWK, WIELDING A BAT, WITH A NAIL IN IT, WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AT NAS LATHE,KANSAS. THEIR C.O. WAS CDR.W.W. BREHM. "A" WAS THEIR F4U-4 PLANE TAIL CODE. THE SQUADRON MADE TWO KOREAN WAR TOURS. 1ST.-2,MARCH,TO 24,OCT,1951, USS BOXER (CV-21), COMMANDED BY CAPT.D.J.SULLIVAN--CVG-101. 2ND.-11,AUG, 1952,TO 17,MARCH,1953, USS KEARSARG (CVA-33),CVG-101. ON THE COMBINED TOURS,VF-884, HAD 1,519 MISSIONS, DROPPED 750,000LBS.OF BOMBS, FIRED 1,400,000 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION. TWELVE PILOTS WERE KIS,OR MIA.------- LT. GARRISON WAS LEADER OF "THE ONE EYE DIVISION",4 AIRCRAFT,SNAPPER-ONE-LT.CHARLES GARRISON,SNAPPER-TWO- LT.JACK RADER, SNAPPER-THREE-LT.BOB WARNER, SNAPPER- FOUR-LT.MARION DRAGASTIN. ON 18,MAY,1951, LT.GARRISON'S WING-MAN WAS LT.(jg) MARION T.DRAGASTIN OF KANSAS CITY,KS. WHEN LT.GARRISON'S PLANE WAS HIT, LT.DRAGASTIN DIRECTED THE DISABLED AIRCRAFT TOWARDS A FRIENDLY AREA. WHEN FIRE FORCED LT.GARRISON TO PARACHUTE FROM HIS PLANE NEAR HYONG-NI, MR.DRAGASTIN WENT INTO "RESCAP", STRAFING THE ENEMY TO KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE DOWNED MR.GARRISON. AFTER MAKING REPEATED STRAFING ATTACKS, LT.(jg)DRAGASTIN'S AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE, AND CRASHED KILLING HIM.------ FOR HIS COURAGEOUS ACTS, AND COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR HIS OWN SAFETY, LT.(jg)MARION T.DRAGASTIN WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS MEDAL.----------- Keywords: "THE BITTER BIRDS"---NAS LATHE,KANSAS---"A" TAIL CODE--USS BOXER (CV-21)--USS KEARSARG (CVA-33)

Entry: 68896 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	INFORMATION
CHARLES VELLA wrote on January 30, 2009 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN Comments: I am building a 1:7Th. scale Voight F4U Corsair Radio Control flying model. I am looking for pictures of the VF884, USS BOXER. I would like to know the exact locations of the markings on the fuselage and the location of the Semper Fi. Mac Korean War Hero bird. The F4U Corsair is my favorite war bird. I would appreciate any help. I also would like to add that I am very proud of those pilots who flew these aircrafts and the mechanics who kept these glorious war birds in the air. Thanks Charles. Keywords: I am an RAF UK Veteran (cold war).

Entry: 50490 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	PLEASE REPLY ASAP
ALICIA PRUITT wrote on April 28, 2005 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: - Comments: Hello, My name is Alicia Pruitt, i'm a junior at Sequoyah High School in Georgia. My class is trying to put together a website about the Korean War and I was wondering if I could have your permission to use this story on our site, it would be greatly honored and appreciated. Please reply as soon as you can. Thank-You Soo Much -Alicia Keywords:

Entry: 46068 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	SAMUEL E FRISCO
CAROL SMITH wrote on September 29, 2004 City and State: DAVENPORT FL Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: i am looking for anyone who served with samuel e frisco who was killed while missing i am last known family member and i would like to know what happened to my brother before i am gone too. please any info would be great. Keywords:

Entry: 45982 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	LOOKING FOR G CO 7 INF RGT 3INF DIV VETERANS
NIKKI REID wrote on September 24, 2004 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Looking for anyone who knew and served with Robert L Owens Jr Army form Pickens, SC. Family is curious of any photos or stories. Keywords:

Entry: 45981 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	LOOKING FOR G CO 3 INF REG VETERANS
NIKKI REID wrote on September 24, 2004 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Looking for anyone who knew and served with Robert L Owens Jr Army form Pickens, SC. Family is curious of any photos or stories. Keywords:

Entry: 45468 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	MINE SQUADRON 3 WONSON COAST N KOREA
EDWARD L. ROBINSON wrote on August 27, 2004 City and State: SPARTA TN Unit: US NAVY AMPHIBOUS FLAG SHIP Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: Com Mine Run (3)in Command of Mine Sweeping operations East Coast of North Korea.--Duties were,Amphibous Landing Troops,Picking up shot down Pilots,Observing enemeny fire,Supervision during Mine Sweeping Operations with (AMS)'33' USS Partridge,lost by Explosion of magnetic Mine.Thirty Three men on Board,only found Twenty Three,with Five who died from injuries. A great number of AMS and DMS Ships along with Our Own LCM and LCVP's were involved in numerous Mine Sweeping Operations.We Spent considerable amount of our time near Wonson,North Korea,Hung Nam,Son Jin,plus the entire Coast above the 38th Parrell. Keywords: USS Comstock LSD "19"

Entry: 45438 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	INFORMATION F-86-FIGHTERS IN KOREA
CARTHEL PARROTT wrote on August 26, 2004 City and State: QUITMAN AR Unit: 26TH FIS Service or Relationship: AIR FORCE VETERAN - KOREA Comments: Keywords: Would like any info. on F-86F in KOREA

Entry: 42881 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	VF 884 'BITTER BIRDS'
AIRCRAFT FILMS wrote on May 7, 2004 City and State: NC Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: Hello. We're working on a DVD about the F4U and have some footage of VF 884 on the Boxer in 1951. Does anyone have a scan of the "Bitter Birds" squadron patch that we can use? www.aircraftfilms.com Keywords: F4U, Korea, Boxer, Bitter Birds, patch

Entry: 41060 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	HELLO
DANIEL E. LYNCH wrote on February 19, 2004 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: Hi, Found this site and my uncle's name Lt.JG M. T Dragastin. He flew with the VF 884 off of the USS Boxer. Any one with photos of my uncle in his plane please contact me, as all of the photos have been split up among the family and I am curious to see if there are any out there the family does not have. Thank you for your time, Daniel E. Lynch delynch1184@yahoo.com Keywords: USS BOXER, VF 884

Entry: 36637 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	GOD BLESS OUR ANGELS
FRED PRINCE wrote on August 31, 2003 City and State: STOCKBRIDGE GA Unit: 6TH TRANSPORTATION(HCPTR) Service or Relationship: ARMY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: My unit worked many rescue missions and on each one, we felt as if we were with the individual that we were trying to pull out of hell!. Keywords: CWO Jimmy Lyle....One great Whirly-Bird pilot. No fear and never declined a mission.........

Entry: 36614 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	LOOKING FOR BUDDY MIA JUNE 4,1953
BOB PARENTE wrote on August 30, 2003 City and State: PATCHOGUE NY Unit: RETIRED USA Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: Bobby was a boyhood buddy. I was too young to enlist without parents consent. He quit school.enlisted,was sent to Korea and was on the line about twoo weeks when he was reported MIA and later declared MIAKIA. I would like to know if there is any one out there who might have known him Keywords: Robert Brandes was with the 187 RCT, 11th Airborne Division

Entry: 36613 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	I'M HUMBLED.
MURVIN L. DARNELL wrote on August 30, 2003 City and State: MARQUETTE HEIGHTS IL Unit: USS COLLETT DD730--1950-53 Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: i'm priviliged to be able to type this. my rate was bos'n 3rd. battle station port 20mm. my thoughts and prayers go out to all the markers that have brave and scared comrads beneath them. i say to them (SHALOM). RESPECTS: MURVIN: NEVER GIVE UP--WE ARE SOMEBODY. LONE LIVE OUR RED,WHITE and BLUE. Keywords: inchon,wonson,hungnam etc.

Entry: 36601 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	EDDIE ARECHIGA
EDDIE H. ARECHIGA wrote on August 30, 2003 City and State: ELK GROVE CA Unit: Service or Relationship: - Comments: Keywords:

Entry: 36580 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	PFC. GEORGE A. ROLLER
DENNIS PALASKI wrote on August 29, 2003 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: Uncle George told my mother in the last letter she received that he had a terrible gut feeling that his next patrol duty would be his last. It was! His remains were not returned for months. He was the youngest son. He tried to enlist toward the end of WWII when he turned 18 and was told he was 4F because of a punctured ear drum. That didn't matter once Korea started. We asked the Gov. for his service records and were told they were destroyed in a fire. Would like to find anyone from his unit (35th Infantry Reg, 25th Infantry Div) that could shed light on what happened. My mother is the last remaining member of her family and she still sheds tears thinking about her brother George. We have no other information on his unit, most of them were from western Penna. Most of them would be in their early or late seventies and no likely to be on line. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Keywords: KIA, 21 May 51, 35th Infantry Reg, 25th Infantry Div., Hwachon Reservoir

Entry: 33204 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	INTERVIEW
BOBBI BURR wrote on March 30, 2003 City and State: MADISON WI Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: I am a first year, high school history teacher. I'm teaching a class on US History 1945-present, and I am very interested in having a guest speaker to talk to my class about the Korean War. I am not necessarily looking for a vet, but a family member, friend, or educated person on the event would be wonderful. If you have any suggestions or would be willing to speak w/my class, please give me a call or e-mail. Thanks so much. Keywords:

Entry: 33027 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	LT. HAROLD T. WALKER, MIA
STAN KING wrote on March 24, 2003 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Looking for any information on my grandmother's brother, shot down 7 Apr 1951. Harold's wife Joan developed Alzheimer's a few years ago. Only my grandmother remembers him now, and her memory is failing. Can any of you men tell me what he was like? Keywords:

Entry: 32532 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	F4U-4 BUNO 9726 U.S.S. BOXER
VINCE CORULLA wrote on March 6, 2003 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: I have been trying to find info on this particular Corsair - Pre 1957, but have had no luck. Through research of the reserve units in Olathe, KS and Memphis, TN, and having a picture of this plane when it was purchased by Bob Bean, I know it was stationed in Kansas. And I am fairly certain that is was at sea on the U.S.S. Boxer w/ the letter designation "A" on the tail (going by corrosponding BuNo #s in photos I've seen of other corsairs). The only info I really need is: what the plane # was? i.e. #412 or #408 etc. And who was the pilot or pilots? This plane eventually became the "Angel of Okinawa" on the airshow circuit in the 70's and owned by a family friend, Merle Gustafson. She now resides in Kermit Weeks museum in Polk City Florida. Any help someone can provide is greatly appreciated. Thanks. Keywords: BuNo 97286 F4U-4 U.S.S. Boxer info?

Entry: 31465 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	VF-884 MIG ENCOUNTERS
JOE BRENNAN wrote on January 22, 2003 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: I am trying to gather information about the air combat operations of USN squadrons in Korea. In case of VF-884 I am especially interested in any information on the encounter with MiG’s 4 Oct 1952 in which Lt. Eugene F. Johnson was shot down and killed by a MiG. Any further info on this or other encounters of VF-884 or other CVG-101/Kearsarge units in 1952-3, first hand or not, would be helpful. Keywords: units, aircraft

Entry: 30674 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	VF 884 HISTORY ??
LAWRENCE NEUMANN wrote on December 26, 2002 City and State: TRUMBULL CT Unit: VP-731 Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I am only commenting about what I believe is the Naval Reserve involvement in thsi story. I believe that VF-884 was one of two reserve fighter squadrons actvated along with two Patrol squadrons of which my outfit VP-731 was a patrol unit activeted. Keywords: VP-731, VF-884

Entry: 30645 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN
JIM (DOC) WAGNER wrote on December 25, 2002 City and State: MITCHELL SD Unit: Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: want to get in touch with any of the marines in the outfit Keywords: I was a hosp Corpsman with the 1st armoured amphib btln near Kimpo 53-54 nickname Luke

Entry: 28035 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	HONORING LT. CHARLES GARRISON, USN - MIA
KAREN AND DON MALAN wrote on September 4, 2002 City and State: BUTLER MO Unit: Service or Relationship: - Comments: Daughter of Charles Garrison Keywords:

Entry: 24512 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	VETERANS
JOSIANE LAGUERRE wrote on April 4, 2002 City and State: LANCASTER MA Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: I wuld like to contact a veteran of the Korean war, as part of a school project. I would appreciate if someone could contact me. Thank You Keywords:

Entry: 24442 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	I WAS PART OF IT
AL HOWE wrote on April 1, 2002 City and State: HILTON NY Unit: VF884 Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: BITTER BIRDS..USS BOXER...CORSAIRS Keywords:

Entry: 22749 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THIS CORSAIR?
DARIN STROBEL wrote on January 29, 2002 City and State: Unit: Service or Relationship: INTERESTED PERSON Comments: I am looking for Pre-1959 information on F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97286. Does anyone remember working around this particular Corsair? If not does anyone know where you can find a list of the BuNo of aircraft that serve in different squadrons? Just trying to find out what squadron it serve in. A friend of my father's purchased this Corsair form Bob Bean in 1972, but information on it prior to Bean's purchase is scarce. Keywords: Chance Vought F4U-4 Corsair BuNo 97286

Entry: 20864 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	ANYONE WHO SERVED WITH VERLIN GIBSON MEDIC/RADIO MAN
LARRY GIBSON wrote on November 22, 2001 City and State: BRUSH PRAIRIE WA Unit: Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: I am looking for information about my father Verlin Gibson who was A medic in the Korean war. Keywords:

Entry: 17235 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN
DON FARRELL wrote on June 10, 2001 City and State: NEW YORK NY Unit: Service or Relationship: FRIEND OF VETERAN Comments: Dear Honored Veterans, My name is Don Farrell and I am an actor and an active concert soloist with symphonies across the United States. My Uncle was a Captain in the Marine's and served in the Vietnam War, and a very good friend of my family was a Lt. Colonel in Army and served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. I am working on putting together a Patriotic concert to honor my 2 personal heroes as well as the countless other heros our Nation has. I am trying to assemble a collection of letters written written by American soldiers home from war -- from the Revolutionary War through the Gulf War. I am looking for letters, stories and photos from the Korean War and I would be grateful for information on collections of letters at libraries, museums, etc., as well as any personal collections that people might be willing to share. Thanks in advance. Don Farrell 690 Ft. Washington Avenue #3-A New York, NY 10040 (212) 795-4105 faritz@attglobal.net Keywords:

Entry: 7726 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	BITTER BIRDS SQUADRON
SUSAN SNELL wrote on March 29, 2000 City and State: THREE RIVERS CA Unit: Service or Relationship: FAMILY MEMBER Comments: Looking for any squadron members who flew with or knew my father Lt.Arthur Snell. Heflew F4U's off the USS Kearsarge during the Korean conflict. I am unsure about dates. Keywords: "Bitter Birds" Squadron

Entry: 7018 VF-884 FIGHTER SQDN	I WAS THERE
DWAYNE C. FRIESE wrote on February 17, 2000 City and State: JACKSON MI Unit: VF-884 AVIATION METALSMITH Service or Relationship: NAVY VETERAN - KOREA Comments: I just got this computer, and the first thing I have been trying to find on it is anything about the Bitter Birds. Now I have, and it has brought tears to my eyes, after all these years. To any shipmates still with us, I wish all a very big Hello. I remember ever one, especially the pilots who never came back. Anyone out care to contact me, I"d sure respond. I lost my Bitter Bird cruise book years ago, anyone got any idea how to get a replacement. Best wishes from Friese. Keywords: "Bitter Birds"

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