10th Mountain Division red line Embroidered 45th Infantry Division “Thunderbirds”

Embroidered 45th Infantry Division “Thunderbirds” insignia

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5" width x 65mm/2

Army Security Agency ASA OD Cap with US Flag

10th Mountain Division red line Embroidered 45th Infantry Division “Thunderbirds”10th Mountain Division Climb to Glory In November 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland. Finnish soldiers on skis annihilated two tank divisions, humiliating the Russians. Charles Minot (Minnie) Dole, the president of the National Ski Patrol, saw this as a perfect example of why the U. S. Army needed mountain troops. Dole spent months lobbying the War Department to train troops in mountain and winter warfare. In September 1940, Dole was able to