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Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Infantry Division
(Victory Division)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 June 2001

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Infantry Division Lineage

Constituted 1 February 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Hawaiian Division

Activated 1 March 1921 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1941 as Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 24th Infantry Division

Inactivated 15 April 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Activated 21 September 1975 at Fort Stewart, Georgia

Inactivated 15 February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia

Activated 17 October 1999 at Fort Riley, Kansas

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
24th Infantry Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Central Pacific; New Guinea (with arrowhead); Leyte (with arrowhead); Luzon; Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)

Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DEFENSE OF KOREA

Army Superior Unit Award for 1994

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for PYONGTAEK

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1952-1953


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