One of the four squadrons that made up the 345th Bomb Group - The Air Apaches. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20080909-NEWS-80909026 "The 500th Bomb Squadron Association Home Page"
There are so many units who participated in the Pacific/Far East who no one has heard of. They don't get the same recognition as those fought over Europe, and yet often endured so much more.