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[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0236]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, Commanding General of the U. S. 45th Division, is shown being interviewed by Earnest Hoberecht, United Press General Manager for Asia. (Hoberecht's parents live in Watonga, Okla.) Hoberecht said Gen. Styron is certainly proud of the 45th, and he hasn't "seen a better looking (group of) troops in the Far East."
Date: June 15, 1951
Creator: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0237]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "After landing at Kimpo Airport near Seoul, Korea, Maj. Gen. James C. Styron, second from left, commanding general of the 45th, is briefed on the situation by Brig. Gen. Robert L. Dulaney, asst. division commander, as Maj. Fred Snyder, right, of Edmond, division operations officer, looks on. The 45th is the first National Guard division to enter the combat zone since VJ Day."
Date: February 8, 1952
Creator: United States. Army. Infantry Division, 45th
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0239]

Description: 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."
Date: March 28, 1952
Creator: Pyer, Ron
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1219.0238]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The generals' field mess tent was marked by wooden cutouts in the shape of Oklahoma and California maps recently, when representatives of California visited the Oklahoma National Guard Division in Hokkaide, Japan. Standing by cutouts of their states are Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Huddelson, commander of the 40th Infantry from So. California; and Maj. Gen. James C. Styron of Oklahoma's 45th."
Date: September 21, 1951
Creator: Pyer, Ron
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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