From Pearl Harbor to Japan: How 25th Infantry Division Earned its 'Tropic Lightning' Name in WWII

From Pearl Harbor to Japan: How 25th Infantry Division Earned its 'Tropic Lightning' Name in WWII

This newly organized unit soon became one of the war's most aggressive fighting forces. It was one of only two Army divisions to experience combat from that first chaotic morning at Pearl Harbor straight through to occupying defeated Japan almost four years later. Today, the division remains headquartered at Schofield Barracks, the same Hawaiian post where its World War II saga began.