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Description
The squadron was commissioned on 1 August 1943 at MCAS Cherry Point as Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 333 (VMSB-333). It was reactivated on 1 August 1952 at MCAS Miami as Marine Attack Squadron 333 (VMA-333), first with F6F Hellcats, then Corsairs and A-1 Skyraiders, and was redesignated VMF-333 on 28 January 1957. The squadron was known as the Fighting Shamrocks.
The patch shows a tiger and rocket over a green shamrock, with the scroll VMA-333.