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Service in her Bones: Oregon Guardsman Saves Life Through Bone Marrow Donation Program

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kari Armstrong, 142nd Maintenance Squadron commander, poses for a photo while donating bone marrow at a San Deigo, Calif. medical facility, in 2024. Armstrong recently donated her bone marrow to a patient in need through the Department of Defense Bone Marrow Donation Program. The program works to match service members throughout the U.S. military to critically ill patients throughout the world. (Courtesy Photo)
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Service in her Bones: Oregon Guardsman Saves Life Through Bone Marrow Donation Program

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Kari Armstrong (pictured here as a Maj.), 142nd Maintenance Squadron commander, poses for a photo at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. in February of 2019. Armstrong recently donated her bone marrow to a patient in need through the Department of Defense Bone Marrow Donation Program. The program works to match service members throughout the U.S. military to critically ill patients throughout the world. (Courtesy Photo)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

View of previously damaged P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt, serial number 44-33148 of the 404th Fighter Squadron (squadron code 9Q), 371st Fighter Group, in one of the repaired hangars at Metz which offered much improved conditions to the engineers (aircraft maintainers) working to keep them flying. The 371st Fighter Group enjoyed an outstanding aircraft maintenance record, reflected in the group’s ability to generate and sustain a record number of number of sorties in March, 1945. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

A battle-damaged Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt, serial number 44-33148 of the 404th Fighter Squadron, 371st Fighter Group, returned safe if not sound to Metz Airfield (Y-34) after combat with the enemy, March, 1945. The aircraft was subsequently repaired. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

Grim results of fighter-bomber attacks on enemy motor transport are seen here on a stretch of road between Kaiserslautern and Bad Dürkheim, Germany as the 371st Fighter Group helped Third Army get to the Rhine River in March, 1945. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

The fighter squadron armorers at Metz (Y-34) were kept busy to keep aircraft armed for all the missions flown by the 371st Fighter Group. Not only were the P-47 pilots burning up tens of thousands of rounds of .50 caliber machine gun ammunition in lucrative attacks against enemy forces, but they were also burning up gun barrels from the frequent, intense strafing against the enemy. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

German locomotives in a marshalling yard worked over by fighter-bombers. Locomotives, boxcars, gondola cars, flat cars and marshalling yards were frequently the targets of 371st Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber attacks in the Saar-Palatinate operations of March, 1945. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

P-47D Thunderbolt “CAMP FIRE” with Lt. Howard C. Camp, 405th Fighter Squadron of the 371st Fighter Group, returning from a mission over Germany. Note the pilot has cracked open the canopy. Lt. Camp was awarded the Air Medal and the 1st Oak Leaf Cluster during the month of March, 1945. The P-47D “Spark Plug” is seen beyond on the outside of the formation. (Source: “The Story of the 371st Fighter Group in the ETO.”)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

Map of the Battle Area in the Saar-Palatinate Triangle, 12 – 21 March 1945 (Source: MacDonald, Charles B., U.S. Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations, The Last Offensive, Chapter XII The Saar-Palatinate)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

XX Corps Insignia and the emblems of the various subordinate divisions of the corps which were assigned or attached during the campaigns across Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945. The 371st Fighter Group supported several of these divisions in the drive from the German frontier to the Rhine in March, 1945, including the 10th and 12th Armored Divisions and the 80th and 94th Infantry Divisions. (Source: The Ghost Corps – Thru Hell & High Water)
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Getting Patton to the Rhine

Commanding General of Third Army, General George S. Patton, Jr. (left) congratulates General Walton H. Walker, Commanding General of XX Corps, after his promotion to Lieutenant General in April, 1945. The 371st Fighter group supported XX Corps rapid advance through the Saar-Palatinate region of Germany to the Rhine River in March, 1945. (Source: The Ghost Corps – Thru Hell & High Water)
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Mother and Daughter Share Spirit of Service While Deployed

Army Maj. Beth Conn administers the oath of enlistment for her daughter, Caitlin Conn, as she enters the Oregon Air National Guard. Mother and daughter both deployed in support of United States Central Command in late 2024. (courtesy photo)
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Mother and Daughter Share Spirit of Service While Deployed

Beth Conn (left) and her daughter, Caitlin pose for a photo together on a wintery day. The pair both serve in the Oregon National Guard, Beth as a Maj. in the Army National Guard, and Caitlin, as a Staff Sgt. in the Air National Guard. Both mother and daughter have been deployed in support of United States Central Command for the past several months. (courtesy photo)
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Mother and Daughter Share Spirit of Service While Deployed

Caitlin Conn poses for a photo with her mother, Beth, a Maj. in the Oregon National Guard. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Caitlin joined the military and is currently serving in the Oregon Air National Guard's 142nd Wing. (courtesy photo)
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Remembering Catherine "Kate" Black Elk

Catherine “Kate” Black Elk, born on January 24, 1922 was one of 70 enlisted Women’s Army Corps (WAC) soldiers who served at Portland Army Air Base during World War II.
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Remembering Catherine "Kate" Black Elk

Catherine “Kate” Black Elk, born on January 24, 1922 was one of 70 enlisted Women’s Army Corps (WAC) soldiers who served at Portland Army Air Base during World War II.
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Airman Returns to Service after Near-Fatal Medical Emergency

Oregon Air National Guard recruiter, Staff Sgt. Tori Luxem explains service benefits to a newly recruited Airman at Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore. on March 1, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nichole Sanchez)
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Col. David J. Christensen

Col. David J. Christensen is Commander, 142nd Wing
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Weather takes Flight for ORANG Airman

Staff Weather Officer, Senior Airman Gillian Moore of the 123rd Combat Weather Flight assembles a Tactical Meteorological Observing System (TMQ-53) to gather varying data in inclement weather at Portland Air National Guard Base in Portland, Ore. on Jan 31, 2025. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Nichole Sanchez)
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Ash Like Snow: ORANG Airman Aids in Aftermath of Palisade Fire

Master Sgt. Steven Boyd, 142nd Wing Deputy Fire Chief, is pictured here (far right) with his fellow crew members from the Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue based in central Washington, January 2025, Southern California. Boyd and his crew aided in mitigating further destruction in the aftermath of the Palisade fire in Southern California. (Courtesy photo)
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