{"product_id":"3x5flag-24th-infantry-di-vf-2","title":"US Army 24th Infantry Division Flag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3x5 ft US Army 24th Infantry Division Flag is printed on durable all-weather 200 denier Nylon and is made in the USA.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e24th Infantry Division\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas an\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einfantry\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edivision\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eUnited States Army\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat was inactivated in October 1996. Formed during World War II from the disbanding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHawaiian Division, the division saw action throughout the Pacific theater, first fighting in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNew Guinea\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebefore landing on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePhilippine\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eislands of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLeyte\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLuzon, driving\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eJapanese\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eforces from them. Following the end of the war, the division participated in occupation duties in Japan, and was the first division to respond at the outbreak of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKorean War. For the first 18 months of the war, the division was heavily engaged on the front lines with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNorth Korean\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChinese\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eforces, suffering over 10,000 casualties. It was withdrawn from the front lines to the reserve force for the remainder of the war after the second battle for Wonju, but returned to Korea for patrol duty at the end of major combat operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter its deployment in the Korean War, the division was active in Europe and the United States during the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCold War. It was based at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFort Stewart, Georgia\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand later reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas. It did not see combat again until the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePersian Gulf War, when it faced the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIraqi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emilitary. A few years after that conflict, it was inactivated as part of the post-Cold War U.S. military drawdown of the 1990s. The division was reactivated in October 1999 as a formation for training and deploying\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"U.S. Army National Guard\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/U.S._Army_National_Guard\"\u003eU.S. Army National Guard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunits before its deactivation in October 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Flag Lady","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42768123232503,"sku":"1006005","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/7990\/8599\/files\/us-army-24th-infantry-division-flag-156831.png?v=1721947734","url":"https:\/\/flagladyusa.myshopify.com\/products\/3x5flag-24th-infantry-di-vf-2","provider":"The Flag Lady","version":"1.0","type":"link"}