25th Infantry Division
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The 25th Infantry Division is a U.S. Army light infantry division based in Hawaii, known as the "Tropic Lightning" division and recognized for its combat service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and modern operations.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 25th Infantry Division canonical | 17 |
| 25th Infantry Division (United States) | 3 |
| 4th IBCT (Airborne), 25th ID | 1 |
| U.S. 25th Infantry Division | 1 |
| US 25th Infantry Division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1619254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 25th Infantry Division Context triple: [U.S. Army Pacific, hasComponent, 25th Infantry Division]
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A.
28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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B.
32nd Infantry Division
The 32nd Infantry Division was a U.S. Army National Guard division that gained distinction for its hard-fought campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
27th Infantry Division (United States)
The 27th Infantry Division (United States) was a New York National Guard division that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II, particularly in Pacific campaigns.
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D.
U.S. 35th Infantry Division
The U.S. 35th Infantry Division is a National Guard infantry formation of the United States Army that saw significant combat in Europe during World War II, including in the Normandy campaign.
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E.
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 25th Infantry Division Target entity description: The 25th Infantry Division is a U.S. Army light infantry division based in Hawaii, known as the "Tropic Lightning" division and recognized for its combat service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and modern operations.
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A.
28th Infantry Division
The 28th Infantry Division is a historic U.S. Army National Guard formation, known as the "Keystone Division," that has served in major conflicts including both World Wars and beyond.
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B.
32nd Infantry Division
The 32nd Infantry Division was a U.S. Army National Guard division that gained distinction for its hard-fought campaigns in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
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C.
27th Infantry Division (United States)
The 27th Infantry Division (United States) was a New York National Guard division that served with distinction in both World War I and World War II, particularly in Pacific campaigns.
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D.
U.S. 35th Infantry Division
The U.S. 35th Infantry Division is a National Guard infantry formation of the United States Army that saw significant combat in Europe during World War II, including in the Normandy campaign.
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E.
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
The U.S. 30th Infantry Division was a highly regarded American Army unit in World War II, noted for its key defensive and offensive roles in the European Theater, including during the Normandy campaign and subsequent operations in France and Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Army division
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infantry division ⓘ |
| abbreviation | 25ID ⓘ |
| awarded |
Presidential Unit Citation
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
Valorous Unit Award ⓘ
linked to:
Army Valorous Unit Award
|
| branch | United States Army ⓘ |
| color |
red
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| conflict |
Global War on Terrorism
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ War in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
World War II ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| formedFrom | elements of the Hawaiian Division ⓘ |
| garrison | Schofield Barracks ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Stryker brigade combat team
ⓘ
combat aviation brigade ⓘ division artillery ⓘ infantry brigade combat team ⓘ sustainment brigade ⓘ |
| insignia | taro leaf with lightning bolt ⓘ |
| knownFor |
continuous forward presence in the Pacific
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tropical and jungle combat experience ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Hawaii ⓘ |
| motto | Ready to Strike ⓘ |
| nickname | Tropic Lightning ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Guadalcanal Campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Guadalcanal
Luzon Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Luzon
Operation Enduring Freedom ⓘ Operation Iraqi Freedom ⓘ Operation Junction City ⓘ Operation Ripper ⓘ Pusan Perimeter ⓘ
linked to:
Busan Perimeter
Tet Offensive ⓘ |
| partOf | U.S. Army Pacific ⓘ |
| regionOfResponsibility |
Indo-Pacific
ⓘ
linked to:
Indo-Pacific region
|
| role |
contingency operations
ⓘ
rapid deployment ⓘ |
| specialization |
jungle warfare
ⓘ
light infantry operations ⓘ |
| theater |
Pacific Theater
ⓘ
linked to:
Pacific Theater of Operations
|
| trainingFocus |
expeditionary operations
ⓘ
joint and combined exercises ⓘ |
| type | light infantry ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 25th Infantry Division Description of subject: The 25th Infantry Division is a U.S. Army light infantry division based in Hawaii, known as the "Tropic Lightning" division and recognized for its combat service in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and modern operations.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division
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partOf
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25th Infantry Division
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linked to: 25th Infantry Division
linked to: 25th Infantry Division
linked to: 25th Infantry Division
linked to: 25th Infantry Division
linked to: 25th Infantry Division
linked to: 25th Infantry Division
subject linked to:
19th Infantry Regiment (various periods)