[Red_Devil 232]

That is one of many rounds sent in just before nightfall on the day of the start of the ground war. The rounds are intended to explode low and send out a cluster array to set up a very thick ground hugging smoke screen. It did exactly what it was designed to do.

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Thanks.

My dad’s brother was a Marine pilot in the Pacific in WWII. He flew B-17s for the Marines. My dad flew TBMs and then F4Us for the Navy. (my middle son intends to be a Marine Corps officer)

FWIW, I got two accurate answers on this munition — both from Marines ;-)