LINEAGE
Constituted 1 February 1921 as the Hawaiian Division.
Activated 1 March 1921 at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii.
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1941 as the 24th Infantry Division.
COMMANDERS IN COMBAT
Major General Durward R. Wilson - Assumed command October 1941
Major General Frederick A. Irving - Assumed command August 1942
Major General Roscoe B. Woodruff - Assumed command November 1944
ORDER OF BATTLE
Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division
Headquarters Company, 24th Infantry Division
24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
3rd Engineer Combat Battalion
18th Infantry Regiment
21st Infantry Regiment
34th Infantry Regiment
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, Division Artillery
11th Field Artillery Battalion
13th Field Artillery Battalion
52nd Field Artillery Battalion
63rd Field Artillery Battalion
Headquarters, Special Troops
24th Medical Battalion
724th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company
24th Signal Company
24th Quartermaster Company
WORLD WAR II CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION
Central Pacific, New Guinea (with arrowhead), Leyte (with arrowhead), Luzon, Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
