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| rdfs:comment | - Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. They were deactivated shortly after the end of the war but were reactivated in the Marine Air Reserve flying out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. They were again deactivated sometime after 1958.
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| Unit Name | - Marine Fighting Squadron 132
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| Battles | - World War II
- * Battle of Guadalcanal
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| abstract | - Marine Fighting Squadron 132 (VMF-132) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II as a dive bomber unit during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. They were deactivated shortly after the end of the war but were reactivated in the Marine Air Reserve flying out of Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York. They were again deactivated sometime after 1958.
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