On December 7, 1944, exactly three years after Pearl Harbor, the 77th Infantry Division, led by Major General Andrew Bruce, ...

A week prior to this year’s celebration, Task Force Talon’s officers and NCOs conducted a staff ride following the footsteps of 77th Infantry Division in their endeavor to secure the island ...

The regiment’s 2nd Battalion was also present, along with a company from the 307th Infantry Regiment. But as senior officer, Whittlesey took charge. The regiments were part of the 77th Division.

As members of the 77th Infantry Division approached Barrigada, they were stopped by the Japanese. The ensuing battle left 29 men from the division dead and 98 wounded. The following day ...

The bravest man-of-the-week on Okinawa—at least to the 77th Infantry Division—was a conscientious objector: Private First Class Desmond T. Doss, 26, Medical Corpsman and Seventh-day Adventist.

Private First Class Ralph Kollberg, a combat veteran of the U.S. Army’s 77th Infantry Division, poses with his M1919A6 machine gun on Okinawa, May 14, 1945. Despite the gun’s 32-lb., ...