A hand-painted unit sign for the 312th Bombardment Group (Light) stands at a forward airbase in the Pacific theater during World War II. Beneath a painted twin-engine light bomber weaving through flak, the sign displays the colorful insignia of the group's four squadrons — the 386th, 387th, 388th, and 389th. Such signs served as both morale-boosting unit art and a practical marker of squadron areas, reflecting the irreverent, personalized visual culture common to U.S. Army Air Forces bomb groups flying missions against Japanese positions in New Guinea and the Philippines. Project: 218268