The 45th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army, most associated with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, from 1920 to 1968. Headquartered for most of its history in Oklaho
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The thunderbird is a mythological birdlike spirit in North American Indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength.
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…a design by Woody Big Bow, a Kiowa artist from Carnegie, Oklahoma, was chosen for the new shoulder sleeve insignia. The new insignia featured the Thunderbird, another Native American symbol, and was approved in 1939. In 1940, approximately 2,000 of the division's 9,500 troops were Native Americans, representing…
Thunderbird on Totem Pole
Pacific Northwest (Haida) imagery of a double thunderbird
Ojibwe shoulder pouch depicting two thunderbirds in quillwork, Peabody Museum Harvard
Painting of a thunderbird from the Great Lakes region, likely pre-1800