[4] It delivered approximately 15,000,000 pounds of supplies and equipment, evacuated more than 20,000 casualties, and moved an additional 8,000 personnel throughout the Pacific Theater.

[1] VMJ-153 arrived overseas at Tontouta, New Caledonia on March 20, 1943, joining Sthe South Pacific Combat Air Transport Command (SCAT) prior to the invasion of New Georgia.

SCAT provided rapid transport of personnel and cargo, including munitions, food, replacement parts, and medical supplies, to and from forward areas.

At the outbreak of the Korean War, the squadron was kept busy flying newly activated reservists to the West Coast prior to their shipping out.

[5] During October 1955, VMR-153 and VMR-252 flew disaster relief missions to Tampico, Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Hilda[8] The squadron was decommissioned on May 20, 1959.