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2 5? enfire Reserve Command was awarded a Presideniial Unii' Ci'l'a+ion 'For disiinguishing i+self in ac+ion in rhe Hurigen Foresi' during fhe period 29 November - 8 December I944. On 6 July I948, fhe 5+h Armored Division was reac+iva'l'ed as a fraining division. A+ ihis fime, i'he division was based af Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. From Ocfober I948 unfil March I949, 'I'he division followed an eigh'I' week fraining program. ln March I949 +he program was increased +o I4 weeks. On Camp Chaffee's 75,000-acre reservaiion, as many as l8,000 men a'I' one fime have rrained wirh fhe division. ln ifs mission of iraining as well as in ifs war-'I'ime mission, fhe 5+h Armored has sfrived for one goal: io do ii's iob io 'I'l1e besi' of iis abilify. All who have come info coniaci' wi+h +he division agree rhaf fhe iob has been well done. JB
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K vuuw- Armofeo an attac nce 1 r I44. Qin fiend 20 M9 greeied I945 by confinuing 'I'o advance, and by hard fighling during ihe Bulge period. A+ Coblenz 'lhe division wiped ouf all enemy resisfance. Spring of I945 'Found fhe division a par? of 'lhe Ninih Army, and in May ii' reached 'I'he Elbe and fanned ou+ in 'rhe viciniiy of Tangermunde. As if crossed 'lhe Elbe River, fhe 5+h Armored was 'lhe nearesl U.S. unil' +o Berlin, iusl prior 'lo VE day. The division embarked for home on 2 Ocfober I945 and was inac+iva+ed on ll Ocfober l945 al' Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. . ln addi'I'ion +o fhe division commendaiion received from 'lhe XV Corps, Troop A, 85+h Reconnaisance BaH'alion lfhen 85'rh Cavalry Rcn Squadronl was awarded a Presiclenlial Uni+ Ci'I'a+ion for oufsfanding performance of duly in ac+ion from I5 +o 20 December I944g Companies B and C, 47+h Armored ln'Fan+ry BaHalion, received a Presideniial Uni+ Cifafion 'For ou+s+anding performance of clufy in aciion on 4-5 Sepfember I944. The A--, 5 ,,.mw,ssfm,W.,mWwww.,,W,,.., ,,,. , X. v,s. .. , .l.,.,., ,.. ..,,, ,.
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