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 | | On 4 May 1945, a VMD-354 forward echelon of 15 officers and 15 enlisted personnel embarked aboard the USS Munda (CVE 104) from San Diego, California enroute to the Island of Guam in the Mariana Islands. |
 | | Finally, on 22 May 1945, VMD's rear echelon of 33 officers and 277 enlisted personnel, boarded the USS Sea Snipe and embarked from San Diego, California for the Island of Guam in the Mariana Islands to join up with the squadrons forward echelon. |
 | | VMD personnel were still granted liberty and made the best of their remaining time, yet, the anxiety and apprehension concerning their shipping out, had begun to take its toll on them. |
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