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Hawaiian Division
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active1921–1941
Country United States
Branch United States Army
Garrison/HQSchofield Barracks

The Hawaiian Division was a division of the

Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) on 25 February 1921 as the Hawaiian Division using assets of the World War I era 11th Infantry Division. It, the Philippine Division, and the Americal Division were the last three U.S. Army divisions to be named rather than numbered. Joseph E. Kuhn, then in command of Schofield Barracks, oversaw the initial organization and employment of the division.[1][2]

Square Division example: 1940 US Infantry Division. On the far left can be seen two Brigades of two Regiments each

The division retained the square division TO&E until 1941, when it was reorganized under a triangular division TO&E, and part of its former organization became the core of the new 24th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division. It included the 21st and 22nd Infantry Brigades, and the 19th, 21st, 27th, and 35th Infantry Regiments.

The U.S. Army 11th Field Artillery Brigade, at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii, in 1924

Interwar period

The Hawaiian Division was constituted in the Regular Army on 1 February 1921 and activated at

U.S. Marine Corps
. The next major maneuver for the division was another Army–Navy exercise in February 1931, followed by Hawaiian Department maneuvers in October and November. These exercises were the primary training events for the division during the interwar years and occurred about once a year from 1931 on. Due to the very small budgets of the time, units did not spend a lot of the time in the field. As a result, much of the soldiers’ time was spent on police call, “rock painting,” and other post beautification projects. In the Hawaiian Division, sports were high on the list of preferred activities. Competition was fierce, particularly between regiments, and all events drew a large crowd of both officers and men.

Outings to

299th Regiment
went to the 24th and the 298th Regiment went to the 25th Infantry Division.

World War II

The 24th and 25th Infantry Divisions were among the first to see combat in World War II and among the last to stop fighting. The Divisions were on Oahu, with headquarters at Schofield Barracks, and suffered minor casualties when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Charged with the defense of Oahu and the Hawaiian Islands, they built an elaborate system of coastal defenses before deploying for further combat operations.

Lineage

  • Constituted 1 February 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Hawaiian Division
  • Activated 1 March 1921 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
  • Inactivated 1 October 1941 at Schofield Barracks

Commanders

See also

  • Formations of the United States Army

References

  1. ^ Thayer, Bill. "Joseph Ernst Kuhn: Compilation of Entries in Cullum's Register, Volumes III to VIII". penelope.uchicago.edu/. Bill Thayer. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  2. ^ http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OrderOfBattle/OrderofBattle1.pdf US Army Order of Battle 1919–1940
  3. ^ Clay, Steven E. (2010). U.S. Army Order of Battle, 1919-1941, Volume 1. The Arms: Major Commands and Infantry Organizations, 1919-41. Fort Leavenworth, KS: Combat Studies Institute Press. p. 285-286.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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