The 802nd Chemical Company on Guam, Feb. 1945
Eighty years ago, on February 3rd, 1945, the 802nd Chemical Company (Air Operations) participated in the official opening of North Field on Guam. They had arrived on Guam just two weeks earlier, assigned to establish and operate a “Class V Air Chemical Ammunition Depot” supporting the B-29s of the 314th Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command. Commander of the XXI, Gen. Curtis LeMay, was ….