USMC VMF-214 "Black Sheep" Squadron 1944 - Prior to deployment on USS Franklin (CV-13) in 1945.

USMC VMF-214 Black Sheet Squadron 1944

A documentary, "Target-Japan" was requested by the Navy to remind the public that the war in the Pacific had only begun.  Barring no holds, this showed the terrible cost (above) of American victories over the Japanese, stressed the price of other victories still to be won.  In their sobering influence on national thought, such films as this filled a vital wartime role.

TARGET-JAPAN

VMF-214 Black Sheep Squadron Pilot - 1944