World War I
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The 5th Division was activated on 11 December 1917 at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas. The entire division had arrived in France by 1 May 1918 and components of the units were deployed into the front line.
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November 1918: US General Pershing at a review of the 5th Division in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
The first soldiers of the unit to be killed in action died on 14 June of that year.
On 12 September, the unit was part of a major attack that reduced the salient at St. Mihiel.
The division served in the Army of Occupation, being based in Belgium and Luxembourg until it was inactivated in Europe on 4 October 1921.
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