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Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. The squadron was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war but was reactivated in the Marine Air Reserve flying out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. They were again decommissioned sometime after 1958.

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  • Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. The squadron was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war but was reactivated in the Marine Air Reserve flying out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. They were again decommissioned sometime after 1958. (en)
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  • 1933-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1932-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Close air support
  • Reconnaissance
  • Air Interdiction
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  • World War II (en)
  • * Battle of Guadalcanal (en)
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  • VMTB-132 Insignia (en)
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  • inactive (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • 1932 (xsd:integer)
  • 0001-11-09 (xsd:gMonthDay)
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  • Crying Red Asses (en)
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  • Dive Bomber squadron (en)
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  • Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (en)
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  • Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. The squadron was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war but was reactivated in the Marine Air Reserve flying out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. They were again decommissioned sometime after 1958. (en)
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  • VMF-132 (en)
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  • Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (en)
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  • Crying Red Asses (en)
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