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THE KOREAN WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH
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TABLE 22

Regular Army Training Divisions, 1950–56

Division Location Remarks
3d Armored1 Fort Knox, Ky. Reorganized as a combat division in 1955
4th Infantry1 Fort Ord, Calif. Reorganized as a combat division in 1950
5th Armored Camp Chaffee, Ark. Activated in 1940; inactivated in 1956
5th Infantry Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pa. Activated in 1951; inactivated in 1953
6th Armored Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Activated in 1950; inactivated in 1956
6th Infantry2 Fort Ord, Calif. Activated in 1950; inactivated in 1956
7th Armored Camp Roberts, Calif. Activated in 1950; inactivated in 1953
8th Infantry Fort Jackson, S.C. Activated in 1950; reorganized as a combat division in 1954
9th Infantry1 Fort Dix, N.J. Reorganized as a combat division in 1954
10th Infantry1 Fort Riley, Kans. Reorganized as a combat division in 1954
69th Infantry3 Fort Dix, N.J. Activated in 1954
101st Airborne Camp Breckinridge, Ky. Activated in 1950; inactivated in 1953; activated in 1954; reorganized as a combat division in 1956

1 Activated before 1950.
2 Replaced the 4th Infantry Division.
3 Replaced the 9th Infantry Division.

vention in the Korean War. The 40th and 45th Infantry Divisions moved to Japan, where they completed their training. Congress insisted, however, that the National Guard divisions have an opportunity to fight, and in the winter of 1951–52 the 40th and 45th Divisions replaced the 1st Cavalry and 24th Infantry Divisions in Korea. The method of exchange revived a technique that had been developed during World War II. Ships that carried the 40th and 45th Infantry Divisions to Korea brought the 1st Cavalry Division and 24th Infantry Division back to Japan. The