Joe’s Jokers

FHCAM’s Corsair was assigned to Marine Squadron VMF-115. Famous Marine ace Joe Foss was chosen to take command of the unit just 16 days after it was established in Santa Barbara, California on July 1, 1943.

Though VMF-115 was officially the “Silver Eagles,” Foss commissioned Walt Disney artists to create an unofficial logo for the squadron, “to exemplify a more aggressive, devil-may-care attitude.” What developed was a happy, anthropomorphic Corsair smoking a c...igar––Foss’s trademark––complete with goggles and silk scarf. The unit was often called “Joe’s Jokers” by the men in the squadron. Some versions of the logo have cards arrayed behind the plane.