61. skupina pro přepravu jednotek [1942-1945]

Citace - vorel :

Vytvořena jako 61st Transport Group 20.11.1940
Aktivována 1.12.1940
Přetvořena na 61st Troop Carrier Group v červenci 1942
Deaktivována 31.7.1945
Aktivována 30.9.1946
Přetvořena na 61st Troop Carrier Group (Medium) v červenci 1948
Přetvořena na 61st Troop Carrier Group (Heavy) v srpnu 1948


SQUADRONY
13th - 1940 - 1942
14th - 1940 - 1945; 1946
15th - 1940 - 1945; 1946
53rd - 1942 - 1945; 1946
59th - 1942 - 1945


STATIONS
Lower Swatara, Olmsted Army Airfield , 1.12.1940
Augusta, Daniel Field , 9.7.1941
Fayetteville, Pope Field , 26.5.1942
Lubbock, Tex, 23.9.1942
Fayetteville, Pope Field , 26.2. - 4.5.1943
Lourmel, French Morocco, 15.5.1943
Kairouan, Kairouan Airfield / , 21.6.1943
Licata, Licata Airfield / , 1.9.1943
Sciacca, Sicily,6.10.1943 - 12.2.1944
Barkston, England, 18.2.1944 - 13.3.1945
Abbeville, France, 13.3. - 19.5.1945
Valencia, Waller Army Airfield / , 29.5. - 31.7.1945
Eschborn AB, Germany, 30.9.1946
Frankfurt am Main, Rhein-Main Air Base / , 8.2.1947 - 21.7.1950
Tacoma, McChord AFB , 26.7. - 5.12.1950
Ashiya, Ashiya Air Base / , 10.12.1950
Tachikawa, Japan, 26.3. - 18.11.1952
Moses Lake, Larson Air Force Base , 21.11.1952
Donaldson AFB, SC, 25.8.1954


COMMANDERS
neznámý, 1.12.1940 - 1.2.1941
Capt John Waugh, 1.2.1941
1st Lt Thompson F DOW, 1.7.1941
Maj Lorin B Hillsinger, 11.7.1941
1st Lt Charles A Inskip, neznámé datum
1st Lt Allen L Dickey, neznámé datum
Capt John C Bennett, 26.5.1942
Lt Col Ralph J Moore, neznámé datum
Maj Donald French, 6.3.1943
Col Willis W Mitchell, 11.3.1943
Col Edgar W Hampton, 12.4.1945 - neznámé datum
Maj Charles E Pickering, 30.9.1946
Lt Col Henry J Lawrence, 6.12.1946
Maj Richard C Brock, 13.1.1947
Maj Dace T Garrison, 11.4.1947
Lt Col John C Evers, 21.4.1948
Col Richard W DaVania, 28.8.1948
Lt Col Jay D Bogue, srpen 1949
Col Frank Norwood, 1.10.1949
Lt Col Hal E Ercanbrack Jr, 14.2.1952
Col Lionel F Johnson, 29.7.1953
Lt Col Jerome M Triolo, 7.2.1954
Col Leland W Johnson, 1954
Col William G Forwood, 13.12.1954


CAMPAIGN
World War II - American Theater
- Sicily
- Naples - Foggia
- Rome - Arne
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
Korean War - CCF Intervention
- 1st UN Counter - offensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea Summer-Fall, 1952


DECORATIONS
Distinguished Unit Citations - Sicily, 11.7.1943
- France, 6.- 7.6.1944
- Korea, 13.12.1950 - 21.4.1951
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, 1.7.1951 - 1952