![]() 27-28 at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City for the 68th annual reunion of the 45th Infantry Division Association. ![]() Two of those authors were among the nearly 180 registered veterans and their spouses on hand Sept. Some even went on to become authors, penning their memories on paper to preserve the legacy of the “Fighting Forty-Fifth,” as they were also known. Some went back to college, while others returned to the workforce as educators, doctors, lawyers, business owners, politicians or blue-collar workers. While some struggled understandably with what today is referred to as “post-traumatic stress disorder,” the majority went on to pick up the pieces of the normal lives they left behind before they had enlisted or were drafted. ![]() OKLAHOMA CITY – When soldiers of the famed 45th Infantry Division “Thunderbirds” returned home from skirmishes in faraway places like Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and southern France, they did their best to reintegrate back into society with the same level of dedication and commitment that made them an overwhelming success on the battlefield. ![]()
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