A Marine member of VMF/VMA-124/155 shares a story with Maj. Stephen Parrish of the 1st Space Brigade. The visiting members of the WWII squadrons spent part of their annual reunion at U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic C...

World War II members of Marine Fixed Wing Squadrons VMF/VMA-124 and VMF-155 enjoyed the company of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command Soldiers during a luncheon on Friday, Sept 18.

The luncheon, followed by command briefings and a short tour of Peterson Air Force Base's Building Three, served as part of the VMF/VMA-124 and VMF-155 annual reunion, conducted this year in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Marines in attendance were part of the squadrons which fought in the Pacific during WW II - both among the first to be based off aircraft carriers. VMA 124 has since become a Marine Reserve Squadron based out of a Naval Air Station in Memphis, Tenn. VMF-155 was deactivated on Oct. 15, 1945, shortly after the end of hostilities with Japan.