Hard to Realize - Oregon Connections to the End of the War in the Pacific
G. Robert Dodson, the founding father of the Oregon Air National Guard, was the first commander of the 123rd Observation Squadron, which was Oregon’s first military aviation unit. He is seen her as a major standing on the wing of a North American BC-1A basic combat training aircraft, the unit’s first aircraft in 1941. After positions in command at group level stateside, he deployed overseas to the China-Burma-India theater in 1944-45 where he commanded the 1st Liaison Group and 3rd Combat Cargo Group in Burma. Postwar he commanded the 142nd Fighter Group and then the Oregon ANG. (142nd Wing History Archive)
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