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Elements of this division deployed to Afghanistan in 2008 and 2009.
WORLD WAR I SERVICE
ACTIVATED: July 1917 (National Guard Division from Illinois) at Camp Logan, Chicago. Sent overseas May 1918.
MAJOR OPERATIONS: Le Hamel (4 companies), Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Somme Offensive and St. Mihiel.
CASUALTIES: 6,864 (KIA 691, WIA 6,173) COMMANDERS: Brig. Gen. H.D. Todd, Jr. (19 September 1917) and Maj. Gen. George Bell, Jr. (7 December 1917)
RETURNED TO UNITED STATES: Inactivated at Camp Grant, Illinois, May 1919
MEDAL OF HONOR: Sgt. Willie Sandlin of Kentucky. --DaCoot
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