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10-MAY-2005

80th

80th "Blue Ridge" Division

Worn from:
20 October 1918 - 15 July 1946

(Airborne WWI)

Army Reserve 80th Airborne
Worn from:
15 July 1946 - 1 May 1952


10 May 1952 - 6 March 1959.

Re-designated:
Eightieth Division Training.
Worn from:
6 March 1959 - 1995.

The three blue stylized mountains, one for each state,
allude to the Blue Ridge states of Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and West Virginia, the states from which personnel came when
the Eightieth Division was formed during World War I.

Campaigns:
World War I
(Somme Offensive, Meuse-Argonne),

World War II
(Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe).

Canon PowerShot S50
0.80s f/2.8 at 7.1mm full exif

other sizes: small original auto
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