52nd Infantry Division (United States)
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Allotted to the California National Guard immediately following World War II, the 52nd Infantry Division was reflagged the 49th Infantry Division in 1947 to commemorate California's centennial (named after the forty-niners).
Source: Wilson, John B. (1997). Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades. Washington, DC: Center of Military History.
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