Mechanic-Aircrewmen at Newport.  Staff Sergeant Richard S. Riggle, Private First Class Theodore E. Adkins, and Corporal Frank Haddix (L-R) all served as Mechanic-Turret Gunners with VMB-613.  These Marines are seen in a photograph that was taken at MCAAF Newport, Arkansas shortly before the squadron departed for the Central Pacific in late 1944.

Photograph: U.S. Marine Corps (via Kim Haddix)