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                                                398th Fighter Squadron & 398th Fighter-Bomber Squadron
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                                                Constituted 398th Fighter Squadron on 26 May 1943. Activated on 1 Aug 1943. Redesignated: 398th Fighter-Bomber Squadron on 5 Apr 1944; 398th Fighter Squadron on 5 Jun 1944. Inactivated on 7 Nov 1945. 
 
Approved on 30 Aug 1944, USA embroidered on wool.  
 
Stations. Hamilton Field, CA, Aug 1943; Marysville AAFld, CA, 3 Nov 1943; Oroville AAFld, CA, 29 Jan 1944; Hamilton Field, CA, 13 Mar 1944; DeRidder AAB, LA, 27 Mar 1944; Stuttgart AAFld, AR, 8 Feb 1945; Alexandria AAFld, LA, 2 Oct-7 Nov 1945. 
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