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Home Town San Diego
Date of Passing Jun 16, 1973
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Last Known Activity:
Commissioned in June 1925 in the Cavalry.
Transferred to Armor in 1942.
Retired 1961.
In June 1948, the division was rebuilt and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas to serve as a training division. Without its "Mountain" tab, the division served as the 10th Infantry Division for the next ten years. The unit was charged with processing and training replacements in large numbers. This mission was expanded with the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. By 1953, the division had trained 123,000 new Army recruits at Fort Riley.