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function histbrant() {
document.write("<P ID=18nv>This is all courtesy of Joe E. Brant's email of"
+ " Tuesday, 7 August 2001.</P>"
+ "<TABLE ALIGN=middle BORDER=2 WIDTH=96% CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=6><TR>"
+ "<TD ID=verdan18b><P>In 1938, VP-4 transpaced from San Diego to Pearl"
+ " Harbor with 15 new PBY-3 and 2 PBY-1 aircraft in 16 hours and 47 minutes"
+ " -- rejoining PatWing Two."
+ "<P>In 1939, VP-4 was redesignated VP-22 and based on Ford Island - with"
+ " LCDR W. P. Cogwell as the Commanding Officer.&nbsp; During Fleet"
+ " Exercises XIX in 1940, VP-22 received several awards for excellence in"
+ " Training, Communications, Torpedo, and Gunnery."
+ "<P>On December 7, 1941, LCDR Frank O'Beirne was the CO, LT Doyle Donaho,"
+ " XO, and LT Thomas Moorer, Flight Officer.&nbsp; All  12 PBY-3 aircraft"
+ " were destroyed or disabled during the attack; shortly thereafter the"
+ " squadron received 12 new PBY-5s."
+ "<P>On January 3, 1942, VP-22 was ordered to proceed to Darwin, Australia"
+ " to join PatWing Ten's VP-l0l and 102.&nbsp; Bombing and reconnaissance"
+ " operations were conducted throughout the northern Australia and Dutch"
+ " East Indies area as the Japanese infiltrated and occupied the Dutch East"
+ " Indies."
+ "<P>By March 3, 1942, all three squadrons had retreated to Perth,"
+ " Australia, where VP-22 was officially decommissioned on April 18.&nbsp;"
+ " Half of the total personnel were returned to the US for reassignment, and"
+ " the remainder were combined to form a new VP-101, based at Perth."
+ "<P ID=block20>VP-22's casualties during this 2 month operation were:"
+ f2br2 + " 7 personnel killed, 8 wounded, and 11 PBYs shot down or destroyed"
+ " on the water.</P>"
+ " VP-22 received 2 Presidential Unit Citations during the first 3 months of"
+ " World War II."
+ "<P>Seven officers originally assigned to VP-22 continued to serve to"
+ " obtain Flag Rank in the US Navy."
+ "<P>Surviving squadron personnel formed the &quot;VP-22 Association--"
+ "(1939-1942)&quot; after the war, and have had annual reunions since 1984."
+ fbr2 + "</TD></TR></TABLE><BR clear=all>");
}

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+ fntt + "http://adak.orneveien.org/index.htm>Adak portal</A>"
+ fface + ftop + "history.htm>history</A> &nbsp; "
+ ftop + "index.html><IMG BORDER=0 WIDTH=96 HEIGHT=60 SRC=vp22i.jpg"
+ " ALT='VP-22 over Diamond Head, Hawaii'>VP-22&nbsp;entry&nbsp;page</A>"
+ f2br + ftop +"guestbk.htm>Guestbook</A>:&nbsp;"
+ ftop + "guestbk1.htm>page 1</A>" + f149
+ ftop + "guestbk2.htm>page 2</A>" + f149
+ ftop + "guestbk.htm>page 3</A>" + f149
+ ftop + "guestbk.htm#names>names</A>" + f149
+ fpof + "admin.htm','80','60')>sign&nbsp;guestbook</A></P>"
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