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The 374th Troop Carrier Group  transported men and material in the South Pacific theater of operations from 1942 until the end of the war operating from Australia, New Guinea, Biak, and the Philippine’s. The group flew B-18’s, C-39’s, C-49’s, C-56s, C-60’s, DC-3’s, and C-47’s.

Supplying allied forces in the Papuan Campaign, the group participated in the first airborne operation in the southwest pacific dropping paratroopers to seize enemy bases and cut inland supply routes.

Other operations included evacuating wounded personnel, flying courier routes, making passenger flights and helping to move the 11th Airborne Division for staging Japan. The unit received three Distinguished Unit Citations.

​​​​​​​​​​​Colonel Edward T. Imparato

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