IV 
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. HAR-
PER, and Mr. YOUNG of Indiana) submitted the following concurrent res-
olution; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in 
addition to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a period to be subse-
quently 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 estab-
lished 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 val-
iant 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 de-
fenses 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 success-
ful 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 Divi-
sion 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 
was heavily engaged on the front lines defending the Re-
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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 assist-
ance 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. Dia-
mond, 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 Pri-
vate 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 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That by the House of Representatives (the 
Senate concurring), Congress— 
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(1) recognizes the proud history of the 24th In-
fantry Division and the soldiers of the 24th Infantry 
Division who made countless sacrifices to protect the 
Nation’s freedom; 
(2) remembers with profound gratitude, sorrow, 
and respect the 14 soldiers of the 24th Infantry Di-
vision who received the Medal of Honor; and 
(3) encourages the provision of an appropriate 
site in Arlington National Cemetery for a memorial 
marker to honor the memory of the 14 soldiers of 
the 24th Infantry Division who received the Medal 
of Honor, as long as the Secretary of the Army has 
exclusive authority to approve the design and site of 
the memorial marker. 
Æ 
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