Diamondback Stories are submitted by our squadron mates.
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Posted 2021 & 2022
- The Incredible Saga of OSS Col. - December 2022 (docx)
- RVN 1st 9th July 1967 - December 2022 (pdf)
- Down to One Marine - Sgt. Mitchell Paige - December 2022 (docx)
- Rescue at Hill 845 - December 2022 (docx)
- WWII Marine - December 2022 (docx)
- Sergeant Reckless - April 2022 (pdf)
- MCAS Miramar Haunted Hanger - December 2021 (docx)
- The U.S. Marines’ Mythic Fight at Belleau Wood - June 2021 (docx)
- Four-star Marine General’s Family Returns Ancient Bell to Japan - June 2-21 (docx)
- Eulogy For a Fighter Pilot - June 2021 (docx)
- Right Marine at the Right Place: Captain ‘Harry’ Baig - May 2021 (docx)
- Chuck Mawhinney - May 2021 (docx)
- A Fitting Gift For A Man Of Honor: George Shultz Marine - February 2021 (pdf)
- Beware of a Pissed Off Marine - February 2021 (docx)
- Colonel Donald Duke Stanton, USMC - February- 2021 (docx)
Posted 2020
- An A4 Joyride Video - April (docx)
- Close Call Chosin - April (docx)
- Earning the Title PI Visit - April (docx)
- Fix Bayonets - May (docx)
- Green Marines of Paris Island in the sixties - November (docx)
- Marine Are Truly the Proud and the Few - March (docx)
- Marine A-4 Skyhawk Memorial Complete at Quiet Waters Ranch - June (docx)
- Legends about the Most Decorated Marine in US History - October (docx)
- Plane Captain Joyride Article - June (docx)
- The Man in the Door - March (docx)
- The Perfect Escape at Pickel Meadow -January (docx)
- To understand a Marine you must know -September (docx)
- USMC Earl Robert Smith Shares - January (docx)
- WWII Code Talkers (docx)
Posted 2019
From Brian Putney’s VMA-131 Diamondbacks website, preserved by the Skyhawk Association.