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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: U.S. 24th Infantry Division (2024 words) |
 | The 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) —also known as the Victory Division— is an infantry division of the United States Army with base of operations in Fort Riley, Kansas. |
| After occupation duty in the Hollandia area, the 24th Division landed on Red Beach on Leyte, 20 October 1944, as part of the X Corps, Sixth Army, and driving up Leyte Valley advanced to Jaro and took Breakneck Ridge, 12 November 1944, in heavy fighting. |
| Returning to the United States in the spring of 1991, the 24th was reorganized with all its elements in the Regular Army, two brigades at Fort Stewart and one brigade at Fort Benning, Georgia. |
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