Subdeacon Joe Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Looks like it might be a good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 That's the 24th Infantry REGIMENT, not the 24th Infantry Division. Two completely different units with vastly different stories. The Army created 4 regiments for black troops shortly after the Civil War- the 9th and 10 Cavalry and the 24th and 25 Infantry Regiments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 WE came from Hawaii in 1941. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: WE came from Hawaii in 1941. The 24th INF Division is your sister division. The 24th and 25th were formed when they split the old pre-WW2 Hawaii Division in 2 and then built the halves up to strength with national guard troops and early conscripts when FDR finally got Congrress to allow a build up of the military. One Grandpa was one of the 'early conscripts' and served in the 25th through the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign. He was getting shipped back stateside when the Philippines campaign kicked off. Come to think of it, he had served in the Division, got wounded, caught a bunch of tropical diseases and been medically sent back stateside before that divisional insignia was even adopted. The other Grandpa was drafted later (he worked for Union Carbide, so they left him alone in the early war years) and ended up serving in the 24th in the Philippines. He also ended up being part of the Japanese Occupation for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Brules Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 My father served in the 24th Infantry Division. Cat Brules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 11 hours ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: That's the 24th Infantry REGIMENT, not the 24th Infantry Division. Two completely different units with vastly different stories. The Army created 4 regiments for black troops shortly after the Civil War- the 9th and 10 Cavalry and the 24th and 25 Infantry Regiments. Exactly! Buffalo Soldiers Regiment and Division numbers confuse people. The 24th INF (Colored) is one of the units along with the 10th Cavalry (Colored), and elements of the 6th, 9th , and 13th regiments who actually stormed San Juan Hill. Teddy and the Rough Riders took nearby Kettle Hill. Teddy got the headlines. Distinctive Unit Insignia. 24th INF Regt Distinctive Unit Insignia. 24th INF Division Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 13 hours ago, Smuteye John SASS#24774 said: The 24th INF Division is your sister division. The 24th and 25th were formed when they split the old pre-WW2 Hawaii Division in 2 and then built the halves up to strength with national guard troops and early conscripts when FDR finally got Congrress to allow a build up of the military. One Grandpa was one of the 'early conscripts' and served in the 25th through the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaign. He was getting shipped back stateside when the Philippines campaign kicked off. Come to think of it, he had served in the Division, got wounded, caught a bunch of tropical diseases and been medically sent back stateside before that divisional insignia was even adopted. The other Grandpa was drafted later (he worked for Union Carbide, so they left him alone in the early war years) and ended up serving in the 24th in the Philippines. He also ended up being part of the Japanese Occupation for a while. No, Please my signature line below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 My father was a Marine in the Pusan perimeter, 1950. Throughout the rest of his life, he would stare flaming daggers, develop facial twitches and spew an unbelievable stream of vindictive whenever the "buggin' deuce four" was mentioned in conversation or media. Guess the movie won't include that part of the regiment's history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Joke 'um said: My father was a Marine in the Pusan perimeter, 1950. Throughout the rest of his life, he would stare flaming daggers, develop facial twitches and spew an unbelievable stream of vindictive whenever the "buggin' deuce four" was mentioned in conversation or media. Guess the movie won't include that part of the regiment's history. The move is not about that time period. So why would that be included? Here’s an interesting document on the 24th’s performance in Korea https://history.army.mil/books/korea/24TH.HTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 5 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: No, Please my signature line below. Either way the 24th and 25th are sister divisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Burns, SASS # 14226 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 For what ever it may (or may not) be worth, during WWII and Korea the the 24th Infantry Regiment was part of the 25th Infantry Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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