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Marine LtCol Frank Cline.
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Contact Info
Home Town Sapulpa
Last Address Sun City, Arizona
Date of Passing Jan 28, 1985
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Check out this web site: http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/militarynoseart/FrankCline1.htm
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LtCol. Frank Cline enlisted into the Marine Corps in 1942. Around 1953 the Warrant Officer and LDO, (Limited Duty Officer) programs came out. He applied and was accepted into both. He accepted the LDO program where he rose to the highest authorized rank at that time which was LtCol. During LtCol. Cline's 32 years of service, he survived WWII, Korea and Vietnam. We lost him in 1985 from walking pneumonia. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery across from Headquarters Marine Corps. Here is a URL of a brief history of LtCol Cline. http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/militarynoseart/FrankCline1.htm
Marine Corps Heritage Foundation member National Museum of the Marine Corps
In 1957, the squadron received the new F4D Skyray and was designated VMF(AW)-314. During that same year, the squadron officially became the "Black Knights", was awarded the Commandant’s Aviation Efficiency Trophy. They were briefly deployed to NAF Atsugi, Japan and then throughout the Far East both on land, including Ping-tung, Taiwan in support of the Republic of China against the communist China, as well as on board the fast attack carriers USS Hancock (CV-19) and USS Ticonderoga (CV-14).
In 1961, the squadron became the first Marine squadron to transition to the new F-4B Phantom II and was designated VMFA-314