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| *Following World War II, the
5th Infantry Regiment was deactivated but was reactivated in Korea on 1
January 1949 with personnel and support units from the departing 7th Infantry
Division with the mission to provide security while all U.S. troops were
withdraw from the country. The 5th Infantry Regiment also left Korea effective
31 June 1949 and was transferred to Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, where it
was when the Korean War began. It deployed to Korea on 25 July 1950 and
was assigned to the 25th Infantry Division but as a "regimental combat
team (RCT)" instead of as a regular regiment. The following month — Aug
1950 — was reassigned, still as an RCT, to the 1st Cavalry Division and
the next month (September 1950) to the 24th Infantry Division where it
replaced the division’s 34th Infantry Regiment. It remained with the 24th
Infantry Division until January 1952 when it officially became a separate
RCT again and was assigned to IX-Corps.
The 5th Regimental Combat Team consisted of: 5th Infantry Regiment
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