Keywords: CAFSmithMangrumCarl.jpg Maj John L Smith LtCol Richard C Mangrum and Capt Marion E Carl pose for photos after returning to the States after service in the Cactus Air Force at Guadalcanal in 1942 LtCol Mangrum commanded an SBD squadron at the height of the Cactus campaign and was universally admired he eventually attained the rank of lieutenant general while Marion Carol retired as a major general after fighting in three wars--World War II the Korean War and the Vietnam War http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Aces/index html PD-USGov Standing men People in conversation United States Marine Corps aviators John Lucian Smith Marion Eugene Carl |