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For all it's worth: Effective 0001, 3 May 1944, the I Tactical Air Division, Meridian, Mississippi, to which the 159th Liaison Squadron was assigned, was reorganized without change of station or assignment as the III Tactical Air Division. On 15 May 1944, the 159th Liaison Squadron was redesignated to the 159th Liaison Squadron, Commando, reorganized, without change of station, assigned to the 3rd Air Commando Group, III Fighter Command, and attached to the III Tactical Air Division, effective as of 1 May 1944. The unit was authorized a strength of fourteen officers and seventy-nine enlisted men.
Captain Rush H. Limbaugh, Jr, (father of the radio talk-show host) was assigned and assumed command of the "159th" on 21 May 1944. He had formerly been assigned to the Key Field Replacement Training Unit (TE), Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi. (Captain Ray J. Binder, the former commanding officer, was transferred to headquarters III Tactical Air Division, Key Field, Meridian, Mississippi.)(AND THEN LATER...) From Statesboro Army Air Field, Georgia the Squadron moved to Cross City AAB. Florida. In October they transferred to Tampa, Florida for final processing prior to overseas shipment. Shortly after arrival at Drew Field, Tampa, Florida, the commanding officer was hospitalized and replaced by Lt. William G. Price III, a P-51 pilot from the Fighter Squadrons.Found here: https://sites.google.com/a/georgiasouth ... -commandos
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