Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei:
osofaʻiga i le itu i Saute o Falani, ma le faatoʻilaloina o ʻau a le Axis i Italia i mātū. O le 454th na tuuina atu i ai le Distinguished Unit Citation (DUC) mo le tutusa gaioiga i le maualuga faamuamua Messerschmitt Aircraft Factory i Bad Vöslau, Ausetalia i le aso 12 Aperila 1944. Na maua ai le DUC lona lua mo "galuega mataʻina i feteenaiga faaauupegaina ma le fili" o se taunuuga o la latou misiona faasaga i le Hermann Goering Steel Works i Linz, Ausetalia i le aso 25 Iulai 1944.