The History of the 25th Infantry Division - Tropic Lightning. From its inception as the Hawaiian Division in 1921, through WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Global War on Terror - GWOT.

From it's early days in World War II, through Panama Canal, and into the Vietnam War. Blog post includes archival footage and photos along with in-depth coverage from historian Jim Broumley.

History of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment from their time fighting during WWII in the Pacific Theater - which earned them a Presidential Unit Citation - all the way through to their multiple deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terror [GWOT].