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159th Liaison Squadron

Index 159th Liaison Squadron

The 159th Liaison Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit. [1]

55 relations: Air Force Special Operations Command, Battle of Bataan, Battle of Luzon, Brownwood Regional Airport, Cagayan Valley, Consolidated PBY Catalina, Cox Field, Cross City Air Force Station, Douglas C-54 Skymaster, Drew Field, Ferdinand Marcos, Finschhafen, Guadalcanal, Hiroshima, I Tactical Air Division, Iejima, II Air Support Command, Invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Itami Airport, Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Jayapura, Joe E. Brown, Kanoya Air Field, Landing Ship, Tank, Leyte, Mangaldan Airfield, Manila, Mitsubishi G4M, Motobu Peninsula, Nagasaki, New Guinea, Noorduyn Norseman, Nuclear weapon, Palo, Leyte, Philippines, Philippines Campaign (1944–1945), Pounds Army Air Field, San Roque, Northern Samar, Second Air Force, Silver Star, Sixth United States Army, Statesboro–Bulloch County Airport, Stinson L-5 Sentinel, Subic Bay, Tanauan, Leyte, United States Army Air Forces, USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148), V Fighter Command, Vigan, Vought F4U Corsair, ..., World War II, Yontan Airfield, 168th Field Artillery Regiment, 353d Special Operations Group, 40th Infantry Division (United States). Expand index (5 more) »

Air Force Special Operations Command

Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is the special operations component of the United States Air Force.

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Battle of Bataan

The Battle of Bataan (Filipino: Labanan sa Bataan) (7 January – 9 April 1942) represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II.

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Battle of Luzon

The Battle of Luzon (Filipino: Labanan sa Luzon), fought 9 January – 15 August 1945, was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan.

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Brownwood Regional Airport

Brownwood Regional Airport is six miles north of Brownwood, in Brown County, Texas.

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Cagayan Valley

Cagayan Valley (Tanap ti Cagayan; Tana' nat Cagayan; Tanap yo Cagayan; Tanap na Cagayan; Lambak ng Cagayan) (designated as Region II) is an administrative region in the Philippines located in the northeastern portion of Luzon.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, also known as the Canso in Canadian service, is an American flying boat, and later an amphibious aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s produced by Consolidated Aircraft.

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Cox Field

Cox Field is an airport seven miles east of Paris, in Lamar County, Texas.

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Cross City Air Force Station

Cross City Air Force Station is a former United States Air Force facility, located east of Cross City, Florida.

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Douglas C-54 Skymaster

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster is a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the Korean War.

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Drew Field

Drew Field was a World War II United States Army Air Forces base.

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Ferdinand Marcos

Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician and kleptocrat who was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.

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Finschhafen

Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Guadalcanal

Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of the nation of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia.

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Hiroshima

is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu - the largest island of Japan.

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I Tactical Air Division

The I Tactical Air Division is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Iejima

, previously romanized in English as Ie Shima, is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island.

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II Air Support Command

The II Air Support Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Invasion of Lingayen Gulf

The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf (Filipino: Paglusob sa Golfo ng Lingayen), 6–9 January 1945, was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II.

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Itami Airport

, often referred to as is the primary regional airport for the Kansai region of Japan, including the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe.

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Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf

The Japanese invasion of Lingayen Gulf (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Golfo ng Lingayen) was the key point in the Japanese plan for the conquest of the Philippines.

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Jayapura

Jayapura (Kota Jayapura); is the provincial capital of Papua, Indonesia.

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Joe E. Brown

Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile.

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Kanoya Air Field

is a military aerodrome of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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Landing Ship, Tank

Landing Ship, Tank (LST), or tank landing ship, is the naval designation for ships built during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore with no docks or piers.

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Leyte

Leyte is an island in the Visayas group of the Philippines.

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Mangaldan Airfield

Mangaldan Airfield is a World War II airfield located north of the town of Mangaldan, near Lingayen Gulf, to the east of Dagupan in the province of Pangasinan on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.

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Manila

Manila (Maynilà, or), officially the City of Manila (Lungsod ng Maynilà), is the capital of the Philippines and the most densely populated city proper in the world.

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Mitsubishi G4M

The Mitsubishi G4M (long designation: Mitsubishi Navy Type 1 attack bomber: 一式陸上攻撃機, 一式陸攻 Isshiki rikujō kōgeki ki, Isshikirikkō) was the main twin-engine, land-based bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service in World War II.

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Motobu Peninsula

The is a peninsula in the Yanbaru region of Okinawa Island.

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Nagasaki

() is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Noorduyn Norseman

The Noorduyn Norseman is a Canadian single-engine bush plane designed to operate from unimproved surfaces.

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Nuclear weapon

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).

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Palo, Leyte

, officially the, is a settlement_text in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)

The Philippines campaign, the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Labanan sa Pilipinas & Liberasyon ng Pilipinas), (Operation Musketeer I, II, and III) (Filipino: Operasyon Mosketero I, II, at III), was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.

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Pounds Army Air Field

Pounds Army Air Field is a former United States Army Air Forces airfield, located 6 miles west of Tyler, Texas.

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San Roque, Northern Samar

, officially the, is a settlement_text in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

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Second Air Force

The Second Air Force (2 AF; 2d Air Force in 1942) is a USAF numbered air force responsible for conducting basic military and technical training for Air Force enlisted members and non-flying officers.

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Silver Star

The Silver Star Medal, unofficially the Silver Star, is the United States Armed Forces's third-highest personal decoration for valor in combat.

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Sixth United States Army

Sixth Army is a field army of the United States Army.

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Statesboro–Bulloch County Airport

Statesboro–Bulloch County Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Statesboro, a city in Bulloch County, Georgia, United States.

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Stinson L-5 Sentinel

The Stinson L-5 Sentinel was a World War II era liaison aircraft used by all branches of the U.S. military and by the British Royal Air Force.

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Subic Bay

Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about northwest of Manila Bay.

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Tanauan, Leyte

, officially the, is a settlement_text in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148)

USS General M. L. Hersey (AP-148) was a of the U.S. Navy in World War II.

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V Fighter Command

The V Fighter Command is an inactive United States Air Force unit.

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Vigan

(Siudad ti Vigan; Lungsod ng Vigan.; Local pronunciation), officially the, is a component settlement_text and capital of the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.

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Vought F4U Corsair

The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yontan Airfield

Yontan Airfield (also known as Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) is a former military airfield on Okinawa, located Yomitan, Okinawa Village on the Okinawa western coast.

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168th Field Artillery Regiment

The 168th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery Branch regiment of the Army National Guard.

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353d Special Operations Group

The 353d Special Operations Group (353 SOG) is an operational unit of the United States Air Force Special Operations Command.

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40th Infantry Division (United States)

The 40th Infantry Division ("Sunshine Division") is a modular division of the United States Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/159th_Liaison_Squadron

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