OtherUS US Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort SC
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HISTORICAL NOTE
Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 31 was commissioned at MCAS Cherry Point, NC on 1 February 1943. In September 1943, MAG-31 left the US for Samoa. During the Battle of Okinawa, MAG-31 came ashore on 7 April 1945. On 12 October 1945, MAG-31 departed Okinawa for Yokosuka, Japan, becoming the first Marine land-based MAG to operate in the Japanese homeland. The MAG was transferred from the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) to the 4th MAW on 12 February 1946, and then to the Fleet Marine Force Pacific 13 March 1946. The group returned to the US on 5 July 1946 as a night fighter group and was stationed at MCAS Miramar, San Diego, CA until it was decommissioned 31 May 1947. MAG-31 was reactivated 17 March 1952, at MCAS Cherry Point, NC, and transferred to MCAS Miami, FL, operating as a part of the 3rd MAW until it was again decommissioned in 1958. On 1 November 1961, MAG-31 was again reactivated in a cadre status with six officers and 75 enlisted men to allow the new unit to properly form. The unit was based at MCAS Beaufort, SC, as part of the 2nd MAW where it remains to the present day.
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MAG-31 Logo. |
Cachet by Martin W. Longseth. From the Greg Ciesielski collection.
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