
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: “Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, 45th “Thunderbird” Division commander, gets a laugh from the first group of Thunderbirds to “phase-out” for the trip back to Oklahoma as he bids them a grateful farewell. He called the 45th “the finest division ever sent to the Eighth Army.” Photo by Ron Pyer, March 28, 1952.
Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, provided by the Oklahoma Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History