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-460 AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS OF WORLD WAR I1CAMPAIGNS. AmericaL Theater.DECORATIONS. None.! INSIGNE. Shield: Azure, a white star,charged with a red disc, all within a whitewinged annulet upheld by four golden yellowrays, radiating from base point, a11within a border of the last. (Approved ISep 1943. This insigne was superseded byanother on 21 Mar 1957.)FIFTH AIR FORCECOMMANDS. ZV Bomber: 1941-1944.ZV Fighter: 1941-1944. ZV Ground AirSupport: 1941-1942.STATIONS. March Field, Calif, 18 Dec1940; Riverside, Calif, 16 Jan 1941 ; HamiltonField, Calif, 7 Dec 1941; San Francisco,Calif, 5 Jan 1942; Hamilton Field,Calif, 19 Jun 1946.COMMANDERS. Maj Gen Jacob E Fickel,18 Dec 1940; Maj Gen George C Kenney,2 Apr 1942; Maj Gen Barney McK Giles,22 JUl 1942; Mai Gen William E KePner, Constituted as Philippine Department18 Mar 1943; Maj Gen William E LYnd, AF on 16 Aug 1941. Activated in the8 JUl 1943; Maj Gen James E Parker, 14 Philippines on 20 Sep 1941. RedesignatedJul 1944; Brig Gen l%hard M Morris, 19 Far East AF in Oct 1941, and Fifth AFMay 1945; Maj Gen willis H Hale, 6 JUl in Feb 1942. This air force lost most of1945; Brig Gen Ned Schramm, 1 Nov its men and equipment in the defense of1947; Maj Gen John E Upston, 20 Jan the Philippines after 7 Dec 1941. Later in1948; Maj Gen Ahan c Kincaid, C. SeP Dec 1941 headquarters and some crews1950; Maj Gen William E Hall, 29 Jan and planes moved to Australia, and in1951 ; Maj Gen Alfred A Kessler Jr, 8 SeP Jan 1942 they were sent to Java to help1952; Maj Gen bbert B LandrY, 4 Feb delay Japanese advances in the Nether-1955-* lands Indies. The Fifth did not functionI
AIR FORCE COMBAT UNITS-AIR FORCES 4613; dri air force for some time after Feb1942 (the AAF organizations in the SouthwestPacific being under the control ofAmerican-British-Dutch-Australian Commandand later Allied Air Forces). Headquarterswas remanned in Sep 1942 andassumed co’ntrol of AAF organizationsin Australia and New Guinea. The Fifthparticipated in operations that stopped theJapanese drive in Papua, recovered NewGuinea, neutralized islands in the BismarckArchipelago and the NetherlandsEast Indies, and liberated the Philippines.When the war ended in Aug 1945 elementsof the Fifth were moving to theRyukyus for the invasion of Japan. Afterthe war the Fifth, a component of Far EastAir Forces, remained in the theater, andfrom Jun 1950 to Jul 1953 it was engagedin the Korean War.COMMANDS. V Bomber: 1941-1946. VFighter : 1942-1946.STATIONS. Nichols Field, Luzon, 20 Sep1941; Darwin, Australia, Dec 1941; Java,Jan-Feb 1942; Brisbane, Australia, 3 Sep1942; Nadzab, New Guinea, 15 Tun 1944;Owi, Schouten Islands, 10 Aug 1944;Leyte, c. 20 Nov 1944; Mindoro, Jan 1945;Clark Field, Luzon, Apr 1945; Okinawa,Jul 1945; Irumagawa, Japan, c. 25 Sep1945; Tokyo, Japan, 13 Jan 1946; Nagoya,Japan, 20 May 1946; Seoul, Korea, I Dec1950; Taegu, Korea, 22 Dec 1950; Seoul,Korea, 15 Jun 1951; Osan-Ni, Korea, 25Jan 1954; Nagoya, Japan, I Sep 1954-.COMMANDERS. Brig Gen Henry BClagett, 20 Sep 1941; Maj Gen Lewis HBrereton, Oct 1941-Feb 1942; Lt GenGeorge C Kenney, 3 Sep 1942; Lt GenEnnis C Whitehead, 15 Jun 1944; Maj GenKenneth B Wolfe, 4 Oct 1945; Maj GenThomas D White, 16 Jan 1948; Lt GenEarle E Partridge, 6 Oct 1948; Maj Gen EdwardJ Timberlake, 21 May 1951; Maj GenFrank F Everest, I Jun 1951; Lt Gen Glenn0 Barcus, 30 May 1952; Lt Gen Samuel EAnderson, 31 May 1953; Lt Gen Roger MRamey, I Jun 1g54-.CAMPAIGNS. World War ZZ: PhilippineIslands; East Indies; Air Offensive, Japan;China Defensive; Papua; New Guinea;Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago;Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon;Southern Philippines; China Offensive.Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive;CCF Intervention; 1st UN Counteroffensive;CCF Spring Offensive; UNSummer-Fall Offensive ; Second KoreanWinter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952; ThirdKorean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1953.DECORATIONS. Distinguished Unit Citations:Philippine Islands, 8-22 Dec 1941;Philippine Islands, 7 Dec 1941-10 May1942; Papua, [Sep] 1942-23 Jan 1943.Philippine Presidential Unit Citation.INSIGNE. On an ultramarine blue disc,the Southern Cross consisting of five starsin white between a flaming comet, thehead consisting of a white five pointed star,charged with a red roundel, within a bluedisc outlined in white, its tail consistingof three white streamers; all surmountedby an Arabic numeral “5,” golden orange.(Approved 25 Mar 1943.)
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