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262 AIR FOR( :E COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1Activated in the Philippines on 15 Oct1946. Assigned to Far East Air Forces.Transferred, without personnel and equipment,to Guam on I Apr 1947. Remannedand equipped with C-46 and C-47 aircraft.Flew courier, passenger, and cargoroutes in the western Pacific. Redesig.nated 374th Troop Carrier Group (Heavy)in May 1948. Began converting to G54’s.Moved to Japan in Mar 1949. Began operationsin the Korea War in Jun 1950,using C-47 and C-54 aircraft, the C-47’sbeing replaced with G124’s in 1952.Transported men and cargo to Korea andevacuated wounded personnel on returnflights. Remained in Japan after the war.SQUADRONS. 6th: 1942-1946; 1946.19th: 1946-1948. 21~t: 1942-1946; 1946.22d: 1942-1946; I946-. 33d: 1942-1946.STATIONS. Brisbane, Australia, 12 Nov1942; Port Moresby, New Guinea, Dec1942; Townsville, Australia, 7 Oct 1943;Nadzab, New Guinea, c. I Sep 1944; Biak,c. 14 Oct 1944; Nielson Field, Luzon, 28May 1945-15 May 1946. Nichols Field,Luzon, 15 Oct 1946; Harmon Field,Guam, I Apr 1947; Tachikawa, Japan, 5Mar ‘949-.COMMANDERS. Lt Col Erickson SNichols, 12 Nov 1942; Maj Edgar HHampton, 14 Dec 1942; Col Paul H Prentiss,17 Dec 1942; Maj Fred M Adams, 22May 1943; Lt Col Edgar H Hampton, 12Jul 1943; Lt Col Fred M Adams, 2 Aug1943; Col Edward T Imparato, c. 3 Aug1944; Col John L Sullivan, Oct 1g45-unkn.Col Audrin R Walker, 15 Oct 1g46-unkn;Lt Col Forrest P Coons, ~gq-unkn; ColTroy W Crawford, 1949; Lt Col BenjaminT Tarver Jr, Aug 1949; Col Herbert A Bott,22 Jul 1950; Col Charles W Howe, Jul1951; Col Edward H Nigro, Sep 1951; LtCol James F Hogan, Apr 1952; Col EdwardH Nigro, 11 Aug 1952; Lt Col FrederickC Johnson, 11 Sep 1952; Col FrancisW Williams, 24 Apr 1953; Col Hollis BTara, 15 Jun 1g54-.CAMPAIGNS. World War ZZ: Air Offensive,Japan; Papua; New Guinea; NorthernSolomons; Bismarck Archipelago;Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon. KoreanWar: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCFIntervention; 1st UN Counteroffensive;CCF Spring Offensive ; UN Summer-FallOffensive; Second Korean Winter; KoreaSummer-Fall, 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1953.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citations:Papua [Nov] 1942-23 Jan 1943;Papua, 12 NOV-22 Dec 1942; Wau, NewGuinea, 30 Jan-1 Feb 1943; Korea, 27 Jun-15 Sep 1950. Philippine Presidential UnitCitation. Republic of Korea PresidentialUnit Citation: I Jul 1951-27 Jul 1953.INSIGNE. Shield: Per bend azure andor, in chief a hand couped in armour, holdinga dagger, point upward, issuing fromits handle an arrow and a wheat stalk or,in base a winged foot azure. Motto:CELERITER PUGNARE-Swiftly toFight. (Approved 3 Jul 1951.)375th TROOP CARRIER GROUPConstituted as 375th Troop CarrierGroup on 12 Nov 1942 and activated on
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-GROUPS 263prisoners from Okinawa to Luzon.iMoved to Japan in Sep 1945. Znactiuatedon 25 Mar 1946.Allotted to the reserve. Activated in theUS on 3 Aug 1947. Redesignated 375thTroop Carrier Group (Medium) in Jun1949. Called to active duty on 15 Oct 1950.\/iAssigned to Tactical Air Command andequipped with C-82'~. Znactiuated on 14Jul Allotted 1952. to the reserve. Activated on 14!7f-!Jul 1952.18 Nova Used C-47'~ in training for over- SQUADRoNS* 1947-I949* 5jth'Seas duty. Moved to the Pacific theater, 1942-1946; 1947-W2; W2-* 56th: IN2-Jun-Jul 1943, and assigned to Fifth AF. I946; 1947-1952; 5Vh: IW2-19'16;Operated from New Guinea and Bi& 1947-1952; 5atk: 19P1%6; I947-from Jul1g43 until Feb 1945, transporting '95'.men, supplies, and equipment to forward STATIONS. Bowman Field, Ky, 18 Novbases on New Guinea and New Britain 1942; Sedalia AAFN Mo, 23 Jan 1943;and in the Solomon and Admiralty Islands. Laurinburg-Maxton AAB, NC, 5 MayUsed armed B-17'~ for the more hazard- I943 ; Baer Field,2-15 Jun 1943; BriSous missions that involved landing on bane, Australia, 13 Jul 1943; Port Moresby,fields that were under enemy attack. TookNew Guinea, 31 Jul1943; Dobodura, Newpart in theGuinea, 19 Aug 1943; Port Moresby, Newfirst airborne operation in theGuinea, 19 Dec 1943; Nadzab, NewSouthwest Pacific, dropping paratroops toGuinea, 22 Apr 1944; Biak, 27 Sep 1944;seize enemy bases and cut overland supplySan Jose, Mindoro, 17 Feb 1945; Porac,lines at Nadzab, New Guinea, on 5 SepLuzon, 20 May 1945; Okinawa, Aug 1945;'943. Converted to G46 aircraft late in Tachikawa, Japan, Sep 1945-25 Mar 1946.'944. Moved to the in Feb Greater Pittsburgh Aprt, Pa, 3 Aug 1947;I945 and during the next few months Donaldson AFB, SC, 15 Oct 1950-14 JulOf its missions were SUPPIY flights to 1952. Pittsburgh, Pa, 14 Jul 1952-.ground forces on hzon and neighboring COMMANDERS. Col Joel G Pitts, 20 Novislands. Transported cargo to forces in the 1942; Lt ~01 Maurice w Wiley, 25 DecR~ukyus, Jun-Jul 1945. hk~ed to Okin- 1944; Lt Col John L Ames Jr, Aug 1945;awa in Aug, and after the war helped Lt Col Benjamin C King, Sep 1945; Coltransfer troops from Luzon to the Ryukyus Marshall S Roth, Oct 1g45-unkn. Captfor staging to Japan. Also ferried liberated Charles J Newell, 15 Oct 1950; Lt Col
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