25^TH (TROPIC LIGHTNING) INFANTRY DIVISION

Stationed at Osaka, Japan, during the occupation, the 25^th Infantry Division began deploying to Korea on 10 July 1950, with all units arriving by 18 July 1950. It went into combat almost immediately. Like all other U.S. divisions, it suffered setbacks in its first few engagements but went on to have an excellent combat record. The division was in Korea until October 1954, when it redeployed to Hawaii.

The division consisted of:

• Division Headquarters and Headquarters Company
• 24^th Infantry Regiment(which was replaced on 1 August 1950 by:
• 14^th Infantry Regiment
• 27^th Infantry Regiment
• 35^th Infantry Regiment
• Division Artillery
  8^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  64^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  69^th Field Artillery Battalion (105mm)
  90^th Field Artillery Battalion (155mm)
• Division Troops
  Company A, 79^th Tank Battalion (Heavy) which was replaced, on 7 August 1950, by:
  89^th Tank Battalion (Medium)
  65^th Engineer Battalion (Combat)
  25^th Reconnaissance Company
• Division Special Troops
  25^th Medical Battalion
  25^th Signal Company
  725^th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion
  25^th Quartermaster Company
  25^th Military Police Company
  25^th Replacement Company
• Attached units
  5^th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) (31 April 1951 - 1 August 1951)
  The Turkish Brigade

(Note: When the war first began, 1^st and 3^rd Battalions of the 29^th Infantry Regiment, then stationed on Okinawa, were sent to the 25^th Infantry Division in Korea where they became the 3^rd Battalions of the 27^th and 35^th Infantry Regiments.)

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