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The 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)—nicknamed the "Red Diamond", the "Red Devils", or "die Roten Teufel"—was an infantry division of the United States Army that served in World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War, and with NATO and the U.S. Army III Corps. It was disbanded and deactivated on 24 November 1992. ==World War I== The 5th Division was activated on 11 December 1917 at Camp Logan, near Houston, Texas.〔''Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War'', Center of Military History 1988〕 The entire division had arrived in France by 1 May 1918 and components of the units were deployed into the front line. Units associated with the division included:〔 * 9th Infantry Brigade * *20px 60th Infantry Regiment * *20px 61st Infantry Regiment * * 14th Machine Gun Battalion * 10th Infantry Brigade * *20px 6th Infantry Regiment * *20px 11th Infantry Regiment * * 15th Machine Gun Battalion * 5th Field Artillery Brigade * *20px 19th Field Artillery Regiment * * 20th Field Artillery Regiment * *20px 21st Field Artillery Regiment * Division Troops * * 13th Machine Gun Battalion * *20px 7th Engineer Regiment * * 9th Field Signal Battalion * * Headquarters Troop * Trains * * 5th Train Headquarters and Military Police * * 5th Ammunition Train * * 5th Supply Train * * 7th Engineer Train * * 5th Sanitary Train (Ambulance Companies and Field Hospitals 17, 25, 29, 30) The 5th Division trained with French Army units from the 1st through the 14th of June, 1917.〔 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 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg until it departed Europe. The division returned to the United States through the New York Port of Embarkation at Hoboken, New Jersey on July 21, 1919 and was stationed at Camp Gordon, Georgia until October 1920. After that date, it was stationed at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. On October 4, 1921 the 5th Division was inactivated except for the 10th Infantry Brigade and its supporting elements. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「5th Infantry Division (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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