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  1. 25th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

    • The 25th Infantry Division (nicknamed "Tropic Lightning") is a United States Army division based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. The division, which was activated on 1 October 1941 in Hawaii, conducts military operations primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. Its present deployment is composed of light infantry and aviation units. Tropic Lightning soldiers regularly train wit… See more

    History

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    • Constituted 26 August 1941 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 25th … See more

    Past and present commanders

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    • MG Maxwell Murray 1941–1942
    • MG J. Lawton Collins 1942–1943
    • MG Charles L. Mullins Jr. 1943–1948… See more

    Honors

    • World War II:
    1. Central Pacific;
    2. Guadalcanal;
    3. Northern Solomons;
    4. Luzon… See more

    Division memorial

    The 25th Infantry Division Memorial, which is located at Schofield Barracks, consists of four statues. The first statue was unveiled in June 2005. Cast in bronze, it depicts a War on Terrorism infantry soldier, representin… See more

    Depictions in media

    James Jones' 1962 novel The Thin Red Line focuses on a company of soldiers of the 27th Infantry Regiment fighting around the Galloping Horse on Guadalcanal in 1942–43.
    • In the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, … See more

     
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