77th Sustainment Brigade The 77th Sustainment Brigade is a unit of the United States Army that inherited the lineage of the 77th Infantry Division ( " Statue of Liberty " ) , which served with distinction in World War I and World War II . Its headquarters is now at Fort Dix , New Jersey after its predecessor command , the 77th Regional Readiness Command , was disestablished in 2008 from Fort Totten , in Bayside ( Queens ) , New York . Soldiers from the 77th have served in most every major conflict and contingency operation since World War II , and several gave their lives on 11 September 2001 . The division was nicknamed the " Statue of Liberty Division " ; the shoulder patch bears the Statue of Liberty in gold on a blue truncated triangle . US Marines on Guam nicknamed them the " 77th Marine Division " . The Clearview Expressway in Queens , New York is named the " 77th Infantry Division Expressway " , honoring the division ' s personnel who hailed from Queens and Long Island . The 77th Infantry Division was organized from draftees , drawn mostly from New York City , and trained at Camp Upton in Yaphank , NY in the central part of Suffolk Country , Long Island ; the camp is now Brookhaven National Laboratory . The division consisted of the 153rd and 154th Infantry Brigades . World War I . The 77th Infantry Division was the first American division composed of draftees to arrive in France in World War I , landing in April 1918 ; overall it was the seventh of 42 divisions to reach France . The division fought in the Battle of Château - Thierry on 18 July 1918 . It sustained 10 , 194 casualties : 1 , 486 killed and 8 , 708 wounded . The division returned to the U . S . in April 1919 and was deactivated that month . The 154th Infantry Brigade was composed of the 307th and 308th Infantry Regiments and the 306th Machine Gun Battalion . While the division had been recruited as a National Army unit from the New York City area , attrition and replacements had complicated the complexion of the unit . For example , Company K , 307th Infantry , had been redesignated from the former Company L , 160th Infantry , California Army National Guard . The company had belonged to the 40th Division , which had been converted into a depot division in August 1918 . The " Lost Battalion " of World War I fame was composed of six companies of the 77th ' s 308th Infantry Regiment and one from the 307th Infantry Regiment . The 77th Infantry Division landed in Hawaii , 31 March 1944 , and continued training in amphibious landings and jungle warfare . Elements began to leave Hawaii , 1 July 1944 , for the amphibious assault on Guam . Attached to III Amphibious Force , the 77th made an assault landing on Guam , 21 July 1944 . After taking over defense of the beachhead , the division drove north to seize Mount Tenjo and effected junction with the 3d Marine Division , linking the northern and southern bridgeheads , 23 – 29 July . It continued to drive north , and dislodged the enemy from positions at Barrigada town and mountain , 4 August , resistance ending on 8 August . With Guam recaptured , the 77th sailed for New Caledonia , but plans were changed en route and it was directed to proceed to Leyte . The division landed on the east coast of Leyte , 23 November 1944 , and was attached to XXIV Corps , Sixth Army . After a short period of training and combat patrolling in the Corps ' rear , 23 November - 6 December , it landed at Ipil and fought up the east coast of Ormoc Bay to seize Ormoc , 10 December . Attacking north , astride Highway No . 2 , the division secured Valencia and the Libungao - Palompon road junction . Mopping up operations continued through January 1945 to 5 February 1945 . World War II . The next combat assignment was Okinawa . In late March ( 26 – 29 ) , the division made 15 landings , securing Kerama Retto and Keise Shima for the assault on Okinawa . Riding at sea , 1 – 15 April 1945 , it suffered casualties from enemy suicide attacks , – and prepared for the assault landing on Ie Shima . On 16 April 1945 , the 77th landed on Ie Shima , captured the airfield , and engaged in a bitter fight for " Government House Hill " and " Bloody Ridge . " It was in this operation that Ernie Pyle was killed . On 25 April , it left Ie Shima for Okinawa , relieving the 96th Division , 28 April 1945 . Fighting its way slowly against extremely heavy Japanese resistance , the division drove to Shuri in conjunction with the 1st Marine Division , occupying it 29 – 31 May . In June the division covered the right flank of XXIV Corps and " sealed " Japanese cave positions . In July the division moved to Cebu , Philippine Islands , and prepared for the proposed invasion of Japan . The division landed in Japan in October 1945 for occupation duty , and was inactivated a few months later , 15 March 1946 . Order of battle . The lineage of the 77th Infantry Division is perpetuated today by the 77th Sustainment Brigade , a unit of the Army Reserve . In 2011 the brigade deployed to Iraq in support of Operation New Dawn . The brigade headquarters was stationed in Balad , Iraq and held logistical responsibility for the re - posturing of forces in northern Iraq . The unit successfully completed its mission and returned home . The unit ' s motto is " Liberty Warriors . "