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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1261486, member: 5233&quot;]This is an excellent point and I&#039;m surprised it wasn&#039;t mentioned sooner.&nbsp; You are correct, much of the Nazi symbolism was stolen from other people.&nbsp; Here is another example of the same thing but a little closer to home.&nbsp; The US Army 45th Infantry Division which was based out of Oklahoma.&nbsp; It was originally organized in 1920 as part of Oklahoma&#039;s National Guard.&nbsp; Because of their geographic location and history, they choose a common Native American symbol as their shoulder sleeve insignia as a tribute to the southwestern US and their large native population.&nbsp; Here is their original sleeve insignia:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/500px-USA_-_45_INF_DIV_Swastikasvg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>When the Nazi Party came to power and began using the Swastika as their symbol...the 45th designed a new one to avoid being linked in anyway to the German party that was invading throughout Europe at the time.&nbsp; In 1939 a new insignia was approved which looked like this:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/500px-45th_Infantry_insignia_thunderbirdsvg.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 45th ended up being federalized into an active force in 1940 and saw combat in WWII in the Mediterranean where they made multiple amphibious landings and eventually were part of the US force that advanced clear into Germany.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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