Poor weather precluded all flying the next day. To pass the time, a punching bag and a Ping-Pong table were erected near the ready tent. At about the same time, initial drawings of the new squadron insignia were shown, and the pilots welcomed a bold theme from Harry Hollmeyer. The Horse had linked the idea of Corsairs and swashbucklers from pirate days of old to create a skull-and-cross-bones design, using the bent wings of a banking Corsair to form the cross. A skull replaced the F4U's cowling to "scare the hell out of Jap pilots." A longtime aviation buff, Hollmeyer knew that Royal Air Force squadrons favored Latin mottos, and the Marines had Semper Fidelis. He made his squadron's motto Semper Vincere: always to conquer. Thus in the waning days of July, the Marines of VMF-214 proudly tried on their new name-the Swashbucklers!