Riverside in Montgomery County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
1st AACS, Mobile
From March 1952 Until January 1975
| | "1st In Last Out" | |
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., March 5, 2010
1. 1st AACS, Mobile Marker
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citations (Southeast Asia)
Three Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
with Combat "V" device
Five Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards
Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Philippine Republic Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
[Border of marker reads]
Palmyra Quemoy Matsu Taiwan Penhyrn Hawaii Japan Australia Philippines New Zealand Guam Okinawa Wake Island Johnson Island Eniwetok Indo China Thailand Iwo Jima Midway
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • War, Cold • War, Korean • War, Vietnam.
Location. 39° 46.763′ N, 84° 6.751′ W. Memorial is in Riverside, Ohio, in Montgomery County. It can be reached from Spaatz Street. Marker (Memorial Wall #1, 107) is in the Memorial Park of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, with museum access off Springfield Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near
this page online
Regionally, this memorial is in the Dayton Metro and in the Miami Valley. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 47th Fighter Squadron (here, next to this marker); AC-130A Spectre Gunship II (here, next to this marker); SSgt Forrest Ray Cope (here, next to this marker); 504th Bomb Group (VH) (here, next to this marker); Frederick W. Kaufmann, Colonel, USAF (here, next to this marker); USAF Pilot Class 1954E (here, next to this marker); Michael Slepecky, Jr. (here, next to this marker); Army Air Corps Flying Cadet Class 41-B (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Riverside.
Also see . . . 1st Combat Communications Squadron.
via Wikipedia, unknown
2. 1st Combat Communications Squadron Insignia
Successor to the 1st AACS, Mobile (Submitted on July 30, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
3. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
4. Memorial Wall #1
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr.
5. NMUSAF Memorial Park Sign
Memorial Park map and marker listings
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Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 745 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 3, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on July 30, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on July 2, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on December 28, 2009, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
