Marine Glider Squadron 711
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History 
1. May 1942 VML-711 established MCRD Parris Island SC
24. May 1943 VML-711 disestablished MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake TX.

Planes:
 

 

 

 1942 - 1943
LNS-1		    
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VML-711 Home Port Assignments
MCRD Parris Island SC 1. May 1942 Nov. 1942
MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake, TX. Nov. 1942 24. May 1943
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VML-711 Commanding Officers 

LtCol. Vernon M. Guymon

1. May 1942 24. May 1943
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History 

The Marine Corps established a glider program in April 1942. Eventually they set goals of having 10,800 Marines qualified as glider infantry, with 1,371 gliders and 3,436 pilots. They originally operated from Page Field on MCRD Parris Island but later moved to MCAS Eagle Mountain Lake outside Dallas, Texas. The program was disbanded in 1943 when it was determined that glider assaults into small, heavily fortified, jungle islands would be tactically unfeasible.

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last update 13. Febraury 2022

written  19. April 2009

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