The 9th Infantry Division was organized on 18 July 1918 at Camp Sheridan for service in World War I, but when the war ended on 11 November 1918 its deployment to France was canceled and it was demobilized on 15 February 1919. Reactivated on 1 August 1940, its soldiers fought in 8 crucial World War II campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France, Belgium, and Germany. After a short inactivation, the division returned to the active force on 15 July 1947 as a training division at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and later served under NATO in Germany and at Fort Carson, Colorado, as a combat unit. Inactive from 1962 to 1966, it was again called to active service in Vietnam, trained at Fort Riley, Kansas, and deployed there in 1967, where it fought in 8 campaigns as part of the Riverine Force. The division left Vietnam in the summer of 1969 and was inactive for 3 years. In 1972, the “Old Reliables” were reactivated at Fort Lewis, Washington, where they tested new organizational concepts and equipment until deactivated in 1992. During combat in 16 campaigns in two wars, 13 soldiers of the division received the Medal of Honor.