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Constituted as 306th Bombardment Wing (Heavy) on 7 Dec 1943. Activated in Italy on 15 Jan 1944. Assigned to Fifteenth AF. Entered combat in Mar as a fighter organization. Redesignated 306th Fighter Wing in May 1944. Operated in the Mediterranean and European theaters until the end of the war. Moved to the US, Jul-Aug 1945. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945.
1st: 1944
14th: 1944
31st: 1944-1945
52d: 1944-1945
82d: 1944
325th: 1944-1945
332d: 1944-1945
Bari, Italy, 15 Jan 1944
Foggia, Italy, 27 Jan 1944
Lucera, Italy, 23 Feb 1944
Torremaggiore, Italy, 8 Mar 1944
Lesina, Italy, 3 Sep 1944
Fano, Italy, 5 Mar-15 Jul 1945
Drew Field, Fla, Aug-7 Nov 1945
Lt Col Sidney F Wogan, 15 Jan 1944
Lt Col Paul W Blanchard Jr, 23 Jan 1944
Brig Gen Dean C Strother, 26 Mar 1944
Brig Gen Yantis H Taylor, 3 Sep 1944-c. Aug 1945
Air Combat, EAME Theater
Rome-Arno
Normandy
Northern France
Southern France
North Apennines
Rhineland
Central Europe
Po Valley
Decorations. None.
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TO MOTHERS ON EASTER MORN
(From a Church, Somewhere in Italy)
MEN SIT IN SILENCE IN THIS HOLY ROOM
WHILE IN THE SHADOWS FLOWERS BLOOM.
WITH THOUGHTS OF FOLKS, THE MILES ACROSS,
WE SEE OUR GOD IN A CANDLED CROSS.
A LITTLE ORGAN, THE PORTABLE KIND
GIVES FORTH ITS MUSIC--'TIS EASTERTIME.
WE RISE IN SONG, OUR VOICES RING,
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD, OUR CHRIST OF SPRING.
WE OFTEN FORGET WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
THAT SKIES WERE GREY THROUGH MOTHER’S SONG.
WITH ALL OUR TROUBLES, GREAT AND SMALL,
WE HURT OUR MOTHERS MOST OF ALL.
SO ON THIS DAY THOUGH FAR AWAY,
A MOTHER’S PRAYER I’D LIKE TO SAY:
OH GOD BE WITH OUR MOMS TODAY
AND BRING THEM HOPE, THE FAITHFUL WAY;
AND LET THEM KNOW OUR VICTORY’S END
WILL BE FOR PEACE, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. AMEN
By T/SGT PRESTON B. CUNNINGHAM
306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force, 1944.
SALUTES TO MOTHERS
AGAIN WE GIVE SALUTES TO MOTHERS,
FOR ON THEIR DAY THEY’RE THINKING OF OTHERS.
THEY STAND ON THE SIDE AND WATCH WITH A SIGH,
THEIR JUNIOR AND BILL, AND OTHERS GO BY.
BUT MOTHER OF MINE WITH SADDENED HEART,
YOU WOULDN’T FEEL RIGHT NOT DOING YOUR PART;
TO CLEAR THIS WORLD OF HATRED AND GRIEF,
THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE IN FREEDOM’S RELIEF.
SO STAND UP AND CHEER; AND HELP US GO BY,
FOR WE ARE THE BOYS IF NEED BE TO DIE.
IN COLUMNS WE’RE MARCHING, IN STEP TO THE BAND-
EYES RIGHT WITH SALUTES, TO THE MOTHERS OF OUR LAND.
By T/SGT PRESTON B. CUNNINGHAM
306th Fighter Wing, 15th Air Force, 1944.
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