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.
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