45th Infantry Division patch, thunderbird on diamond
Obverse lettering
50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATING
MOBILIZATION FOR WWII
45TH INFANTRY DIVISION
1940-1990
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Quote from Patton
Reverse lettering
`BORN AT SEA, BAPTIZED IN BLOOD, YOUR
FAME SHALL NEVER DIE. YOUR DIVISION IS ONE OF THE BEST, IF NOT THE
BEST IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARMS.`
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON
EIGHT MAJOR CAMPAIGNS. FOUR AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS. 511 DAYS OF
COMBAT.
