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Around and About Fort Drum: Pando Commando
June 05, 2024
FORT DRUM, New York, June 5 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Drum (10th Mountain Division) issued the following news on June 4, 2024:

By Mike Strasser

A cartoon panda bear on skis made its mimeographed debut to 10th Mountain Division Soldiers on an informational bulletin in January 1943, at Camp Hale, Colorado.

What became known as the Pando Commando is a part of 10th Mountain Division history and can be seen throughout Fort Drum today. The logo is displayed in . . .

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