USMC a VMA 224 Attack Squadron AW Patch A 6 Intruder US Marine Corps Aviation

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US Marine Corps Aviation Marine Attack Squadron VMA 224 AW All Weather Patch Vietnam 1971 A 6 Intruder Fighting Bengals Japanese made Emb on twill cut edge 125mm by 110mm five inches by four and three eighth inches

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US Marine Corps Aviation Marine Attack Squadron VMA AW 224 All Weather Patch Vietnam 1971 A 6 Intruder Fighting Bengals Japanese made Embroidered on twill cut edge 125mm by 110mm five inches by four and three eighth inches.

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Marine Attack Squadron VMA 224 was redesignated Marine All Weather Attack Squadron VMA AW 224 on 1 November 1966 and relinquished their A4 Skyhawk aircraft and reequipped with A 6 Intruder aircaft. In 1971 the Bengals deployed to the South China Sea aboard the USS Coral Sea CV 43 as part of Carrier Air Wing 15 and completed six line periods on Yankee Station participating in numerous operations including the historic Operation Pocket Money mining of Hai Phong Harbor.

 

This patch dates from 1971.