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45th Inf Div (Thunderbird).
Before the war their patch looked like thisAttachment 107098
Changed to this during the warAttachment 107099
Guy leaning back looks like he is wearing an Ord Dept watch, based on case shape. Based on the rest of them, likely a training scene, before they were hammered in Italy?
1939
The 45th Infantry Division gained its nickname, "Thunderbird" division, from the gold thunderbird. This Native American symbol became the division's insignia in 1939. It replaced another previously used Native American symbol, a swastika, that was withdrawn when it became closely associated with the Nazi Party.
The 45th Infantry Division | The Holocaust Encyclopedia
One of their NG armories was hit by Bonnie and Clyde for weapons back when they were doing their thing. At the time the two door posts, made of concrete, had swastikas inset. I looked at the building on Google Earth a couple of years back and it still had plywood screwed on over the swastikas, about a year ago it was demolished for new housing. Small town armory in disuse...
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Originally Posted by browningautorifle
We are quite good at erasing history! :rolleyes:
I couldn't believe it had been done but it's claim to fame was the Barrow gang so...? Canada is much worse Bill, we don't care a lick about history, just tear it down and build condos. Sad.
One of the old armories in Ardmore OK.Quote:
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No, I did look there at one time wondering, turns out those guys are Engineers I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by BEAR
It was 600 E. Elm Avenue, Enid, Oklahoma. Took some looking since I'm pinned down. It's not houses but a school and the old armory location is now the grasses school yard. Here's the piece...
"On July 7, 1933, the gang broke into the National Guard Armory in Enid, Oklahoma, and stole five Browning automatic rifles, 46 Colt .45 automatics and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. Armed to the teeth, Clyde sawed off some of the barrels and stocks, and had three 20-shot clips welded together to create a 60-shot “banana clip” for what he called his “scattergun.”
I have no before and after pics of the armory.
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AA Version production stopped in 1939
I'd like to unwind one of those long mags... Guess it didn't take long to determine a .50 was far better than a .30 for damaging enemy aircraft at distance.