[2] The group's squadrons trained there until January 1944 when they were ordered to the West Coast to prepare for follow on movement to the South Pacific.

[3] The group next went to Marine Corps Air Station Ewa, Hawaii where they remained until October 1944.

The SBD Dauntless aircraft of MAG-32 arrived on 23 March and began providing close air support.

Forty four dive bombers from MAG-32 were directed against Japanese positions by tactical air control parties.

[4] During the recapture of the Philippines beginning in January 1945, MAG-32 and MAG-24 would fly a total of 8,842 combat sorties and drop more than 19,000 bombs as part of the Fifth Air Force in support of the Sixth Army.