31st Inf Division
"It shall be done"
The "Dixie" Division, created in 1917, spent most of World War II as a training division, with some units training at Ft. Jackson, but later saw combat in the Philippines 1944-45. The postwar "Dixie" Division, composed of National Guard units from Alabama and Mississippi, was mobilized for active service in 1951 and served here as a training division during the Korean War.
Marker is at the intersection of Jackson Blvd. and Forney Road, on the left when traveling south on Jackson Blvd..
Courtesy hmdb.org
