180th Infantry: A Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division
- Item sets
- World War II Regimental Histories
- Title
- 180th Infantry: A Regiment of the 45th Infantry Division
- Alternative Title
- Ready in Peace or War: A Brief History of the 180th Infantry Regiment
- Publisher
- Munich : F. Bruckmann Kg, 1945
- Date
- 1945
- Description
- The 180th Infantry Regiment was organized as the Third Oklahoma Infantry during May, 1918, and was federally recognized as a National Guard unit on September 3, 1918. The unit was redesignated as the 180th Infantry on October 14, 1921. Units of the regiment were called into state service many times since its organization. In civil disturbances, flood disasters, and other emergencies they performed their ordered duty with credit, thus demonstrating the living reality of part of the regiment's motto, "Ready in Peace or War". It is interesting to note that the year 1938 found Hitler taking his first toll from the 180th Infantry of the 45th Division. Up to that time the insignia had been an Indian swastika. This close resemblance to the symbol of Nazi Germany constituted a source of embarrassment on several occasions. The Thunderbird was substituted for the swastika.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 180th--History
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 180th--Registers
- Soldiers--United States--Registers
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories
- Format
- 218 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Note
- Norbert Salpeter, editor ; Joe Torre, cover design, maps ; Carl Salter illustrations and layout ; photos by 163 Signal Photo Co. and 45th Division News.
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