VMSB-134 was activated on May 1, 1943 at Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara, California, and assigned to Marine Base Defense Aircraft Group 42, Marine Fleet Air, West Coast. Shortly thereafter it was redesignated as Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 134 (VMTB-134) on June 1, 1943. From October to November 1943 the squadron deployed to Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, and detached from the Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing. In November 1943 the squadron was reassigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11. During World War II the squadron supported operations on Bougainville and the Bismarck Archipelago.

HUSTEAD, Leo W, CORP, 818346, USMC, from Oregon,** location New Britain Island, date of loss March 25, 1944** + HUSTEAD, Leo W., Cpl., USMC. Parents, Mr. Mrs. David R. Hustead, 7420 S.E. Woodstock Ave., Portland, Ore + HUSTEAD, Leo Wallace, 818346, POW & MPDet, HQUSMC, Washington DC, March 26, 1945, missing-killed in action + HUSTEAD, Leo Wallace, Corporal, 818346, USMC, from Oregon, Manila American Cemetery

Body Not Recovered

Leo Wallace Hustead