[1] After training over the summer the squadron departed for Hawaii and arrived at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa on September 9, 1943.

[2] Following these tours, the squadron returned to MCAS Ewa only to leave again on June 25, 1944, bound for Torokina on the island of Bougainville.

It remained there until April 21, 1945, when it moved to Mindanao to provide close air support for the United States Army's 24th and 31st Infantry Regiments as they cleared the island.

Through June and July 1945, the squadon continued to attack targets in the vicinity of Sarangani Bay in preparation for a planned invasion.

In 1962 they gained their final designation of Marine Attack Squadron 133 as they began to transition to the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.