Worn from 26 May 1944 to 1 March 1955.



Some combat elements of this unit moved in the summer of 1944 from the United States to India where they carried out very heavy bombardment operations against targets in Japan, Formaosa, Thiland, and Burma. Other combeat elements began moving late in 1944 from the US to the Marianas, being jo8ined there early in 1945 by the elements that had been in India. From the Marianaas, the Twentieth bonducted a strategic air offensive that was climaxed by the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan. This unit also served in combat for a short time at the beginning of the Korean War. Among the commanders of this air force were General of the Army, Henery H. "Hap" Arnold, Major General Curtis E. LeMay and Lietenant General Nathan F. Twining. The winged star represents the army air forces, and the arabic number twenty is the unit's designation. Both are superimposed upon a globe. Activated 4 April 1944 at Washington D.C.





Campaigns:

WWII (American thater; India-Burma; Air Offensive, Japan; China Defensive; Eastern Mandates; Western Pacific; Central Burma).