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W E L C O M E

W E L C O M E. MACCS REUNION 2002. Reunion Committee Hard at Work. Still Hard at Work. There they are. Yes, Tom made it. and so did Edda. A Walk Down Memory Lane. Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion. Marine Air Control Squadron. Marine Air Support Squadron.

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W E L C O M E

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  1. W E L C O M E

  2. MACCS REUNION 2002

  3. Reunion Committee Hard at Work

  4. Still Hard at Work

  5. There they are...

  6. Yes, Tom made it ...

  7. and so did Edda ...

  8. A Walk Down Memory Lane • Light Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion • Marine Air Control Squadron • Marine Air Support Squadron • Marine Air Traffic Control Unit

  9. In the Beginning • As early as the 1920’s Marines were experimenting with aircraft in order to guide them towards intended targets or assist them in landing safely.

  10. There were a few... • During World War I Marine Aviators relied on pre-briefed missions and hand and arm signals to conduct missions which consisted mostly of observation and limited bombing raids.

  11. Who Dared to Dream ... • Of a better way to take the battle to the enemy and make him never to want to wage war again.

  12. The object of all our attention, affection and derision for so many years

  13. Some of us flew the things

  14. I mean REALLY flew ‘em

  15. Some of us shot at the things

  16. and hit ‘em

  17. Some of us jumped out of the things

  18. Some of us dropped things from them

  19. Getting THERE • …where ever THERE was! We had to have dependable transportation. And, our Navy brothers always did the best that they could to support the Marines. • And, we always had a little help from the • First Marine Aircraft Wing • Second Marine Aircraft Wing • Third Marine Aircraft Wing • Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing

  20. F U N T R A V E L • The early days of travel were by flat bottomed boats that rolled and pitched --even in good weather.

  21. OFF TO ENSANADA

  22. The Band Plays On • Coming or going…. The band was always there God Bless ‘em...

  23. AND AFTER THE BOAT RIDE • Who are these young kids??? • Well …There’s Dick & Herb … and then there’s Dick, Bob, and Herb. • Do they ever work?????

  24. Welcome to the Orient Only limited number of GI’s like Bill Ganz and Red Yezzi can eat our kimche … Even we cannot stand it … PHEW!!

  25. Okinawa 1976 MAX and His Staff

  26. MACG-18 Staff 1978 • And a fine looking staff they were. • But nothing ever compared to the 1975 MACG-18 Staff ... Right AL?????

  27. MACG-28 Change of Command • Lyell Holmes and Bob McCamey 1978

  28. Lyell Holmes & Duffy VerdonChange of Command

  29. And now, the units ...

  30. Light Anti-AircraftMissile Battalion

  31. The Old Corps

  32. I see everything!

  33. Range Only Radar Sees Nothing

  34. Birds Away • No matter how many were fired, • it was never boring or dull….

  35. And Always Colorful

  36. BQM-5 Target Drone • And the Navy said that this shot was a near miss, that the HAWK was not that accurate….until they fished it out of the ocean. A 3dLAAM Bn kill 1967. John Dixon, Jack Keene & Lacy Causey

  37. Promotion • Max pins on Larry Smith’s bars and then everyone adjourned to the chapel for lemonade and cookies.

  38. REAL Air Defense • In the olden days….it was a lot of fun to shoot these big guns too…right, Max????? • Well check this out……….

  39. 21st Century Air Defense

  40. Linda thinks that Joe is writing…he’s actually asleep.

  41. M A C S

  42. The Good Old Days

  43. MACS-7 Ops Site Chu Lai TAOR

  44. More MACS-7 Last non-MTDS Squadron to serve in RVN, relieved by MACS-4 in 1967

  45. HEEEERRRRRS CHIPPER!!! YEP, THAT’S A BUD HE’S DRINKING…..

  46. Operating Site

  47. Oblique Angle of Site

  48. Sea Bees Pour TPS-34B Pad

  49. General Green, CMC visitsLtCol Buschmann, MSgt Harvey Lee, CWO Dan Massarotti

  50. MACS-4 RVN • Lyell never could get Chipper to tell him where the treasure was buried...

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