Richland County · Marker 40-93

77th Inf Division

Jackson Blvd., Fort Jackson, Columbia

Front inscription

The "Statue of Liberty Division" was reviewed by England's Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt after it was reactivated here in 1942. The 77th fought in World War II Pacific campaigns of Guam, Leyte, Kerama Retto Islands, and Okinawa. It was inactivated after occupying Hokkaido, Japan, in 1946. War correspondent Ernie Pyle was killed in action with the 77th.

County
Richland
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Columbia
Year approved
1982
Erected by
77th Infantry Division Association, Inc
Coordinates
34.0281, -80.937133

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