 N3N Steerman |
 N2S |
 NR-1 Ryan |
 OS2U Cruiser scout plane |
 SNJ North American |
 F2A Brewster Buffalo |
Pictures in boxes show planes flown. Combat shown with red caption. Large pictures show Hartley as pilot.
1941-1942 - Miami & Jacksonville, FL: Training, 2/Lt
N3N Steerman |
N2S |
NR-1 Ryan |
OS2U Cruiser scout plane |
SNJ North American |
F2A Brewster Buffalo |
Rich Kuykendall reports that his brother M/Sgt John H. Clackum, Navigator was at NAS Jacksonville, with him.
 Hartley in SNJ |
1942 - Eva, HI: Training, 2/Lt
F2A Brewster Buffalo |
 R5C Curtis Commando |
1942 - Guadalcanal: Combat, 2/Lt; VMF-223, VMF-224, with 1st Division (8/30/1942 - 10/16/1942)
"See Time of Aces: Marine Pilots in the Solomons, 1942-1944" [external link] for a description of this part of WWII.
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 Hartley in F4F Wildcat |
Shot down 4 1/2 Japanese planes.
Experience with "Izzy" and the Iquana:
Izzy's name wasn't Izzy; he was just called Izzy. One night the squadron had been warned of Japanese attempts to infiltrate the airbase. Everyone was on edge. In the middle of the night a scream rang out. Hartley rolled off his cot and grabbed his 45. He and the squadron commander crawled in the direction of the scream to Izzy's tent. They called out, "Are you all right?" Izzy yelled, "I've got him!" Upon lighting a lantern, they discovered Izzy flat on his back on his cot with his mosquito net collapsed over him, hands in a death grip around the neck of a large -- iguana!Pictures of Hartley on Guadalcanal
Picture below from The Cactus Air Force website [external link].
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1943 - Mojave & Tehachapi, CA: Training, 1/Lt, Capt
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 SBD dive bomber |
 FM2 Wildcat |
 F4U Corsair |
 SNB |
4 Aug 1944 - Espiritu Santo, Marianas, Guam: Combat, Capt; VMF-225, arrived 4 Aug 1944 [external link]
 Hartley in F4U Corsair |
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On the left is the first design of the insignia of Marine Fighter Squadron 225. It was designed by Walt Disney Studios while the squadron was still in training at the Mojave Desert in 1943. The squadron personnel felt that the emblem was too cutesy and they decided against using it, accepting instead the insignia of Death in a Top Hat dealing a USMC card. VMF 225 was commissioned on 1/11/43 and saw action in the South Pacific on EWA, Espirito, Enivetok, and Guam. |
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1945-1946? - Columbia, SC: Training?, Major
 F4U Corsair |
1946?-1948 - Honolulu, HI: Asst. G-1 Air Fleet Marine Forces Pacific (AirFMFPac), Major, reverted to permanent rank of Capt, re-promoted to Major
 DC3 |
 Beechcraft |
Tsin Tao & Peking, China (TDY from Honolulu)
1948-1950 - Camp Pendleton, CA: Asst. G-1 1st Marine Division
 OY1 |
R4D |
1950-1951 - Mountain View, CA: Student, Masters degree at Stanford
 F6F Hellcat |
1951-1952 - Cherry Point, NC:
F4U Corsair |
 F8F Bearcat |
 F7F Tigercat |
 TV1 |
SNB |
Patuxent (TDY from Cherry Point): Test pilot
 PB4Y single tail Liberator |
 PB5A flying boat with landing gear |
 F2G Super Corsair (only built 5) |
Sandia, NM (TDY from Cherry Point): Student, Nuclear Weapons School
1952-1953 - Miami, FL: Air Field Operations Officer, Lt Col promotion
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 F9FP Panther - photo version |
R5C Curtis Commando |
R4D Douglas DC3 |
Beechcraft |
 TBM "Turkey" torpedo bomber |
1953-1954 - Korea (family in Spartanburg, SC): Combat, LtCol; Commanding Officer MAMS-33 Marine Air Maintenance Squadron, located at K-3 airbase, near Pohang, Korea.
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Rich Kuykendall reports that he was a First Lieutenant at K-3. He was an Air Control Officer with MACS-3 on the point. He controlled a pilot from K-3 in a TBM, who found Kuykendall's radar plot off the coast to be a destroyer. It was reflecting off the clouds at 4000 feet. Kuykendall thought it might be "Bedcheck Charlie." The pilot came back to him: "Splash one destroyer!"
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Commanding Officer VMFA-115 [external link] Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-115 (see movie).
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(LtCol "Lightfoot" Hartley [very graceful dancer] then "Major Clubfoot" Hartley [stuck foot through floor of Japanese dance hall])
 Hartley in F9F Panther |
See Hartley flying F9F in short (25 second) movie. If that works on your computer, you may want to watch an extended version (9 minutes) with music.
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 HRS-1 helicopter |
1954-1955 - Quantico, VA (lived in Alexandria, VA): Student, 1st MAIS, research paper, "What Degree of Pilot Proficiency is Required for the Marine Aviator Assigned to Billets Outside the Marine Aircraft Group or Squadron?" [external link].
F4F |
1955-1957 - Niagara Falls, NY: LtCol; Commanding Officer, Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment (MARTD)
 F2H Banshee |
1957-1960 - HQMC (lived in Alexandria, VA): Head, Enlisted Detail Branch
 AD1 Douglas |
Beechcraft |
 T28 Fighter trainer |
1960-1961 - Newport, RI: Student; Naval War College
SNB |
1961-1963 - El Toro, CA: Col; Commanding Officer, VMGR-352 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron Commanding Officer-352 (VMGR-352)
 F9F-8 Cougar |
 GV1 (KC-130) refueler |
1963-1964 - Iwakuni & Vietnam (family in Orange, CA): Combat; Asst. C/S Wing Comptroller
 Hartley in GV1 (KC130) refueler |
1964-1969 - Newport, RI: Col, Deputy Head and Head of School of Naval Warfare, Naval War College
SNB |
1969-1971 - Quantico, VA: Col, Director, Marine Corps Extension School, retired Jan 31, 1971
SNB |
T28 |
1971-present - Monroe, LA: Retired
 Hartley in Pitts Special |
 Hartley in Mini-Mustang |
 Col Hartley and friend Steve Norris at The Tobacconist in Monroe, LA, celebrating the 2002 Marine Corps Birthday |
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