The Statue of Liberty Division
World War II
The 77th Infantry Division trained at Fort Jackson in 1942 and fought on Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto, Ie Shima and Okinawa. Returning to Cebu, they took 6,500 Japanese prisoners. They then returned to occupy Hokkaido, Japan where the division was
deactivated in 1946. The division suffered a total
of 3,201 killed in action, 10,531 wounded and 133
missing in action.
Liberty Does Not Come Cheap
Marker is on Blossom Street near Barnwell Street, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
