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.HM Number | HM10GY |
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Date Added | Sunday, October 19th, 2014 at 1:33am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 498034 N 3761880 |
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Decimal Degrees | 33.99751667, -81.02128333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 33° 59.851', W 81° 1.277' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 33° 59' 51.06" N, 81° 1' 16.62" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 704, 803 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 1800-1808 US-76 Connector, Columbia SC 29201, US |
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