VMF-121 aircrews on Guadalcanal on 1 January 1943, just before the unit ended its time on the island. (From Left some names not complete) top row: Lieutenant Savage (USN) intelligence officer, Eldon H. "Duke" Railsback, Bob Baesler, Major Donald K. Yost - Commanding Officer, Ken Frazier, Youell L. "Joe" Crum, Harry J. "Rocky" Coleman, Robert L. "Pete" Petersen, Perry L. Shuman, J. Hunter Reinburg, Harold A. "Tony" Eisele, Sweethelm, Irwin W. Carter, Jack B. Gilford, Robert E. "Rosie" Daigh. Middle row: Frank D. Williams, Jr., unkn, "Doc" Little, (USN) - Flight Surgeon, Virgil G. Ray, Philip R. White, Alexander M. "Sandy" Hearn, Roy T. Spurlock, ( VM0-251 ), Joe H. “Pete” McGlothlin, Jr., (VM0-251), Master Sergeant William J. "Bill" Kopas -NAP, John R. McMahon. Knelling: Harold E. "Fateye" Gardner, Bertel R. "Ras" Rasmussen, Francis E. "Effie" Pierce, Joseph F. Cannon, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel S. Jack, Commander, Guadalcanal Fighter Command, (original VMF-121 Commander, 1941), Warren E. Fisher, Charles P. "Pat" Weiland, (VM0-251), Elton "Shorty" Mueller, Joseph F. Moravec, Jack Foeller, William M. Lundin. (USMC via Steve Blake)
Photo and caption from Marine Fighting Squadron One-Twenty-One (VMF-121) By Tom Doll
