Officially Licensed USS Wasp CV-7 Patch Seagoing Marines providing essential aviation training

providing essential aviation training

the "Blue Diamonds

demonstrating that Marine Reserve aviation maintains the same standards of excellence as its active-duty counterpart

made legendary by Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington

This officially licensed patch represents the Marines who made enemy pilots think twice about low-altitude runs over Marine positions

Officially Licensed USS Wasp CV-7 Patch Seagoing Marines providing essential aviation trainingOfficially Licensed USS Wasp CV 7 Patch Sacrifice at Guadalcanal CV 7 gave her life protecting the Marines on Guadalcanal torpedoed and sunk, but never forgotten. USS Wasp (CV 7) was a U. S. Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and sunk by Japanese submarine torpedoes on September 15, 1942, while escorting reinforcements to Guadalcanal. CV 7 was the only ship of her class, designed to fit within Washington Naval Treaty tonnage limits. Despite