24th Infantry Division:
The Victory Division.

When the U.S. entered WW II,the 24th Division was a regular
Army unit with Headquarters at Schofield Barracks (Honolulu),
Hawaii, and the Division suffered minor casualties during the
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. The
24th was given the mission of defending northern Oahu and
constructed defenses against any possible enemy landing.
By the middle of September, 1943, the 24th had moved to the
eastern coast of Australia and was located at Camp Caves,
Queensland.

The shoulder patch worn by the 24th Division was approved for
wear by the AGO for the Hawaiian Division on September 9th, 1921.
The Hawaiian Division was redesignated to the 24th Division
on August 26th, 1941, with two regiments being assigned to the
24th and two others to the 25th Division; however, the 24th
Division was selected to maintain the history of the Hawaiian
Division. The authorized shoulder patch worn by the 24th
Division was the same as approved earlier and the major feature
of the patch is a taro leaf which suggests the Pacific region
where the Division was activated.

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).