Alright...Time to guess this US WW2 Infantry Division

[MelvinWalker]

Without googling this...Does anyone know which WW2 US Infantry Division had this for their shoulder patch before WW2?

It is quite obvious why they changed their patch design before going "on tour" in southern Europe in the early 1940's.

I have a metric crap ton of this kind of stuff to list on Ebay:

 

[Rudi]

It was from New Mexico IIRC.

 

[MelvinWalker]

It was from New Mexico IIRC.

45th Infantry Division who spearheaded the Anzio and Italian invasion campaign...Before WW2, they were the Oklahoma National Guard and when WW2 started, they mobilized nationally as an Infantry Division..Soon after this, they quietly became the "Thunderbirds".

My uncle served with them in WW2 in Sicily and Italy.

 

[Rudi]

I was close-NOT!

 

[MelvinWalker]

I was close-NOT!

You were actually close in a way....The Division used the swastika as their symbol pre-1939 in honor of the native American tribes that resided in the area that used the swastika as a symbol of good luck.

 

[Claymore33]

45th Infantry , Oklahoma National Guard. My father in law was in for Korea.
He was airborne Ranger. He killed a lot of Chinese. They have great museum in Okla. City.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

NM was a good guess.
A number of Native American places in NM and around the SW display this symbol.
And some non Native places.
Such as the Hotel in Mountainair, NM.