47th Infantry Division

Minnesota & North Dakota Army National Guard

Worn from:
10 June 1946 - 1 February 1991.

Constituted 10 June 1946 in the National Guard as Headquarters,
Forty-seventh Infantry Division, and ordered into active federal
service in January 1951 at St. Paul, Minnesota. The circular
background represents the shield of Thor, god of thunder and
strength, the great defender, a victor in battle. Blue is for
infantry, the group from which the first units of the National
Guard of Minnesota and North Dakota came. Red is for artillery,
the second arm of the Minnesota and North Dakota National Guard
to be organized. The helmet symbolizes Viking warriors brave
men of invincible courage who were valiant in war and brilliant
organizers of government in peacetime. Units of the division
came from the area formerly known as the Dakota Territory,
which was pioneered, founded, and built by descendants of the Vikings.