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18-MAR-2004

"Victory"


Worn from:
26 August 1941 - Current.

The taro leaf is a well-known symbol of Hawaii, the place
where the Twenty-fourth division was constituted 1 February
1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Hawaiian Division,
and activated at Schofield Barracks in March 1921.
The Hawaiian Division was reorganized and re-designated
the Twenty-fourth Infantry Division in October 1941.

Current location: Fort Stewart, Georgia.

Campaigns:
World War II (Central Pacific, New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon,
Southern Philippines),

Korean War (UN Defensive, UN Offensive,
CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Offensive,
UN Summer-Fall Offensive, Second Winter, Summer 1953),

Armed Forces Expeditions (Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait).

Decorations:
Presidential Unit Citation Army (streamer embroidered Defense of Korea),
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation (streamer embroidered
17 October 1944 - 4 July 1945),
Republic of Korea Presidential
Unit Citations (streamers embroidered Pyongtaek, and Korea).

Canon PowerShot S50
1/10s f/2.8 at 7.1mm full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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