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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 45 th Infantry Division

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 45 th Infantry Division. Eli Baana. The Thunderbird Division. Design. Four Points: CO, OK, NM, AZ Colors Represent Spanish Exploration/Settlement Swastika until 1924 Woodrow Crumbo (Potawatomi) Thunderbird: Bearer of Unlimited Happiness.

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Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 45 th Infantry Division

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  1. Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of the 45th Infantry Division Eli Baana

  2. The Thunderbird Division Design • Four Points: CO, OK, NM, AZ • Colors Represent Spanish Exploration/Settlement • Swastika until 1924 • Woodrow Crumbo (Potawatomi) • Thunderbird: Bearer of Unlimited Happiness

  3. Arley Joseph Baana (1918-1996) Grandpa Joe Barnesville, MN 24 Years Old Anti-Tank Gunman 157th Infantry Regiment (CO)

  4. Arzew-Sicily June-July 1943 Arzew, French Algeria Sicily, Italy (July 10) Allies: 180,000 Axis: 230,000 Italian Surrender (Sept. 3)

  5. Salerno-Monte Cassino September 1943 – January 1944 Amphibious Assault at Salerno Northern Push Gustsav Line (Winter Line) Monte Cassino Operation Shingle

  6. Anzio: Behind Enemy Lines January-May 1994 German Panzer Corps Grandpa is Wounded (Feb. 16) Back and Forth Struggle Rome is Captured (June 4)

  7. The Thunderbird Lives On… European Campaign Post WWII Korean War 1951-1954 Restructuring of Divisions 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (OK Army National Guard) 1968-present • Southern France (Operation Dragoon) • Rhineland • Ardennes-Alsace • Bavaria (Dachau)

  8. Picture Sources • tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil • history.army.mil • 45thdivision.org • National Archives

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