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VMF - 213 Pilots:
First Tour
VMF-213 is pictured here at Ewa, Hawaii, on February 13, 1943. A Grumman Wildcat is in the background.
Front row: John Thomas(Ground Officer), Walter Hilton, Leland Eckart, William Johnson, Herman Spoede, Wilbur Jackson, Robert Jones, Alonzo Treffer, James Cupp, Foy Garison, Charles Winnia, Edward Shaw, Leonard McCleary, Milton Vedder, Arthur Boag, and Robert Bier (Ground Officer).
Back row: Frederick Buechmann (Ground Officer), Sheldon Hall, Gordon Hodde, William I. Coffeen, John Morgan, Milton Peck, Byron Leary, Gregory Weissenberger, Wade Britt, William Humberd, George Defabio, Robert Votaw, Theron Brown, Don Tate, Stirling Harrison (Intelligence Officer), and William Livingood (Flight Surgeon). VMF-213’s mascot, Doc Schnauzer, is between Cupp and Garison in the first row. (Identification by Dan McAnarney)
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Aircrew Roster Meeting
Photo is a still from the movie - Left to Right are: Winnia, Leary, Jones, Humberd, ?(Garison?), Votaw, McLeary (back). Identification courtesy General Leary and is from Diary of a Corsair Pilot in the Solomons. This picture with a wider view that includes the Lyster Bag, to the right, is from A Tribute to the Cactus Airforce, and the date approximated for the picture was April 20, 1943.
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By The Tent
This picture was taken some time at the end of the first combat tour or at the beginning of the second combat tour at Guadalcanal near the ready tent. Dan McAnarney has made identification of those in the picture by comparing other photos with captions and speaking with members of the squadron:
From the left: Ed Shaw, Charles C. Winnia(back row), Robert W. Votaw(back row), Dr. William Livingood, John L Morgan(back row), Herman H. Spoede , Unknown(back), Unknown, Gordon V. Hodde, George C. DeFabio, Foy R. Garison, Unknown, James N. Cupp , Gregory J. Weissenberger, and Milton N. Vedder.
The second tour soon would take a toll on those in this picture: Winnia, Votaw, Spoede, and Garison, as well as Milton Peck who is not identified in the picture.
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VMF - 213 Pilots: Second Tour
This picture has been identified as being taken on May 3, 1943, five days before the end of the VMF-213’s first combat tour. A Chance-Vought F4U Corsair is in the background. The complement of pilots remained the same for the start of the second combat tour.
Front row: D. Tate, F. Cupp, A. Boag, W. Johnson, W. Hilton, R. Jones, F. Garison, G. DeFabio, W. Thomas, C. Winnia, H. Spoede, and G. Hodde.
Second row: M. Peck, E. Shaw, J. Morgan, S. Hall, R. Votaw, M. Vedder, W. Humberd, M. Peyton, G. Weissenberger, B. Leary, W. Cloake, A. Treffer, T. Brown, S. Harrison (Intelligence Officer), and W. Livingood (Flight Surgeon). VMF-213’s mascot, Doc Schnauzer, is again present. (Identification by Dan McAnarney)
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VMF 213 - 3rd Tour
Based on pilot complement this picture was likely taken on between August 26 and September 3, 1943, at Espiritu Santos. A Chance-Vought F4U Corsair is in the background.
Front row: B. Ffoulkes, J. Walley, T. Brown, J. Cupp, G. Groom, W. Cloake, J. Anderson, J. Brubaker, C. Toomey, G. DeFabio, F. Avery, W. Thomas, M. Bowers.
Back row: L. McCleary, F. Buechmann (Ground Officer), J. Morgan, W. Anderson, H. Huidekoper, W. Stewart, V. Glascock, E. Shaw, R. Foxworth, L. Handschy, R. Roberts, R. Dailey, A. Boag, M. Vedder, G. Bennett, W. Livingood, and S. Harrison. VMF-213’s mascot, Doc Schnauzer, is again present. (Identification by Dan McAnarney confirming an earlier R. Foxworth identification)
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VMF - 213
3 Tour Survivors
The picture, above, was taken after October 14, 1943, and prior to November 15, 1943, at Espiritu Santos.
Front row (left to right): George Defabio, John Luther Morgan, Ed Shaw, Leonard W. McCleary, Milton Vedder.
Back row (left to right): Stirling Harrison, Ray Boag, Wilbur Thomas, and Dr. William Livingood.
(Identification by Dan McAnarney)
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VMF-213 Survivors On Return
Far left sitting, Dr. William C. Livingood, Flight Surgeon; in back standing from left to right, Capt. L. W. McCleary, Lt. Edward Shaw, Lt. John L. Morgan, and Wilbur J. Thomas, leading ace of the squadron. In front from left to right, Lt. George DeFabio, Lt. Col. Pierce, commander of the personnel group at Camp Miramar, Capt. Wallace, newly appointed squadron commander, and Lt. Arthur Boag. Milton Vedder remained in Australia due to complications of malaria and died shortly thereafter. Stirling Harrison was transferred Novemver 14.
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