5th I.D.
History of the Fifth Division
5th I.D.
 
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World War One
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Activated 01 DEC 17 Cp Logan, TX Sailing orders received before Division assembled  
Moved 01 MAY 18 Le Havre, France Division assembled for first time  
Movement
31 MAY 18
France Field Order #1:  
COMBAT
12 JUN 18
St. Die First contact  
ATTACK
17 AUG 18
St. Mihiel    
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World War Two
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Activated 16 OCT 39 Ft McClellan, AL THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!  
Moved 09 APR 40 Ft Benning, GA    
Moved 11 MAY 40 Cp Beauregard, LA    
         
         
         
         
         
         
Vietnam
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Notice: The information above was extracted from the following sources; THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE FIFTH DIVISION U.S.A.: The Red Diamond (Meuse) Division. Published 1919 by the Society of the Fifth Division, 208 Ouray Building, Washington, D.C.; Fifth Division, Society of. 1919. THE FIFTH U.S. DIVISION IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919. Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Company: New York; Fifth Division Historical Section, Headquarters Fifth Infantry Division. 1945. THE FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION IN THE ET: Iceland, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Czechoslovakia, Austria. Reprint-Battery Press, Inc: 1997; FIFTH INFANTRY DIVISION, World War I, World War II, Vietnam & Panama. Copyright 1994, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY; The National Archives; The Archives of The Society of the Fifth Division; and diaries, letters, and other personal documents from participant veterans or their families.
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