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Photo #: NH 84051

French Naval Aviator C.A. Libiot
(left center) greets
Second Lieutenant John F. Schrepferman, USMCR, of Marine Attack Squadron 324 (VMA-324)

As VMA-324 pilots delivered AU-1 "Corsair" aircraft to the French at Tourane (Danang) airfield, Indo-China, on 18 April 1954.
Libiot and other French aviators had trained at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, with some of VMA-324's pilots.
Three of the AU-1s are behind them. The planes were transported to the area by USS Saipan (CVL-48).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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31 May 2001