45th Infantry Division "Thunderbird"
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The 45th Infantry Division was formed on August 3rd, 1923 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Originally the unit had an emblem with a yellow swastika on a red square. with the rise of nazism and the use of the swastika by the Nazi's, in 1939 the emblem was changed. The 45th Infantry Division was during World War 2 active in Sicily, Italy, Southern France, the Rhineland and Germany.
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Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
With Palm and insciption "Acquafondata"
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
Streamer with inscriptions "Sicily", "Naples-Foggia", "Anzio", "Rome-Arno", "Southern France", "Rhineland" and "Central Europe"
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Streamer with incriptions "Second Korean Winter", "Korea, Summer–Fall", "Third Korean Winter" and "Korea, Summer".
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