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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 111 

Expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington National Cemetery 

should be provided for a memorial marker to honor the memory of 

the 14 members of the Army’s 24th Infantry Division who have received 

the Medal of Honor. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 22, 2012 

Ms. HOCHUL (for herself, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. KIND, Mr. HARPER, and Mr. YOUNG of Indiana) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 

addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington 

National Cemetery should be provided for a memorial 

marker to honor the memory of the 14 members of 

the Army’s 24th Infantry Division who have received 

the Medal of Honor. 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division of the Army was established in the fall of 1941 from the Hawaiian Division in 

preparation for war on the Pacific Front; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division ascribed the motto of 

‘‘First to Fight’’ and a taro leaf for its insignia, and later 


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became recognized as ‘‘the Victory Division’’ for its valiant efforts; 

Whereas during World War II, the 24th Infantry Division 

was one the first United States Army divisions to see 

combat in the war and among the last to stop fighting; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division established coastal defenses on the north side of Oahu Island quickly following 

the attack on Pearl Harbor; 

Whereas despite torrential rain and marshy terrain, the 24th 

Infantry Division quickly seized the Hollandia Airdrome 

in Dutch New Guinea and three other Japanese airfields, 

efforts that were critical in securing all of New Guinea 

and establishing a headquarters for General Douglas 

MacArthur; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division spearheaded the successful mission to liberate the Philippines from the Japanese 

by securing both Leyte and later the island of Luzon; 

Whereas at the end of World War II, the 24th Infantry Division was one of only ten United States Army divisions to 

remain activated; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division was the first fighting 

unit deployed to Korea in response to the North Korea’s 

attack on the Republic of Korea in 1950, and the first 

to engage the North Koreans in the war’s first battle at 

Osan; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division, with its service in 

Korea, became the first United States Division to actively 

serve under the emblem of the nascent United Nations; 

Whereas during the Korean War, the 24th Infantry Division 

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public of Korea and critical in delaying North Korean 

and Chinese advances at the Pusan Perimeter; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division remained on front-line 

duty after the armistice to patrol the demarcation line in 

the event combat would resume; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division, along with the Marine 

Corps, were the first United States troops ever sent to 

Lebanon as intervention forces to provide security assistance in 1958; 

Whereas the 24th Infantry Division was critical in operations 

in Berlin, El Salvador, Somalia, Kuwait, Haiti, Bosnia, 

and the first to be deployed to Iraq for Operation Desert 

Shield and Operation Desert Storm; and 

Whereas 14 soldiers of the 24th Infantry Division, Captain 

Francis B. Wai, Private Harold H. Moon, Jr., Sergeant 

Charles E. Mower, Private First Class James H. Diamond, Major General William F. Dean, Sergeant George 

D. Libby, Master Sergeant Melvin O. Handrich, Corporal 

Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., First Lieutenant Carl H. Dodd, 

Sergeant First Class Nelson V. Brittin, Sergeant First 

Class Ray E. Duke, Sergeant First Class Stanley T. 

Adams, Master Sergeant Woodrow W. Keeble, and Private First Class Mack A. Jordan, have received the 

Medal of Honor for their sacrificial and intrepid acts on 

the battlefield in World War II and the Korean War: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That by the House of Representatives (the 

3 Senate concurring), Congress— 


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1 (1) recognizes the proud history of the 24th In2 fantry Division and the soldiers of the 24th Infantry 

3 Division who made countless sacrifices to protect the 

4 Nation’s freedom; 

5 (2) remembers with profound gratitude, sorrow, 

6 and respect the 14 soldiers of the 24th Infantry Di7 vision who received the Medal of Honor; and 

8 (3) encourages the provision of an appropriate 

9 site in Arlington National Cemetery for a memorial 

10 marker to honor the memory of the 14 soldiers of 

11 the 24th Infantry Division who received the Medal 

12 of Honor, as long as the Secretary of the Army has 

13 exclusive authority to approve the design and site of 

14 the memorial marker. 

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