Marine Fighting Squadron 512 was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. The squadron was aircraft carrier based during the last year of the war and supported combat
VMF-512 Insignia
A Vought F4U-1D Corsair of VMF-512 ready to launch from USS Gilbert Islands (CVE-107) during the ship's shakedown cruise, 6 March 1945.
Okinawa Island, also known as Okinawa Main Island, is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. The island is approximately 106 kilometres long, an avera
Okinawa Island in 2015
The first of the Ryukyuan missions to Edo, the capital of Tokugawa shogunate