re: Does this mean that the term Louisiana Tigers has to go next?

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I guess I have to explain for what seems like the 100th time that the Bengal Tiger in Louisiana Military Heraldry goes back to 1838 with the formation of the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, which is still in the order of battle of the US Army...the unit crests of the 141st and 935th Field Artillery have a Bengal Tiger in them... Dan Hardesty and Pete Finney both said the Washington Artillery was one of the sources of the Tiger nickname...

then I guess the SJWs want to insult the memory of Claire Chennault and the Flying Tigers, which were a group of Americans who volunteered to protect people of another race...

What a SJW hears: Blah blah blah fought in the civil war (racist) blah blah blah

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oddly enough, I learned something tonight...why the Army renumbered all the state units during WW1...

for those who don't know, the National Guard Divisions were set up as 26-50, originally starting in New England with the 26th Division and working through New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia (27th, 28th, 29th), the Carolinas (30th), Georgia and Florida (31st), then starting the count again in the Midwest with the 32d Division...there was another group from 51-75 and today's USAR started with the 76th up....

anyway, you can pretty much tell which state a unit comes from by dividing an infantry regiment number by 4, or a field artillery unit by 3...for example, the Pennsylvania National Guard has 109-112 Infantry Regiments, 107-109 Field Artillery Regiments, 103d Engineers...like Louisiana has the 156th Infantry and 141st Field Artillery (39th Division)...