; the Battle of the Bulge; the crossing of the Rhine River; and the invasion and defeat of Nazi Germany. After the war, the Division supported and secured the International War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremburg, Germany, guarding infamous Nazi officials during the courtroom proceedings. (9) Seventeen division soldiers received the Medal of Honor in World War II. (10) The 1 ID was the only United States combat division in Europe from 1946 to 1951. It returned to the United States and Fort Riley, KS, in 1955. (11) The 1 ID was one of the first 2 combat divisions deployed to Vietnam in 1965. There it defended the vital Highway 13 corridor against enemy infiltration from Cambodia to the capital at Saigon. It fought gallantly in Operation Junction City, the largest operation of the war, in 1967; and in all 3 waves of the Tet Offensive in 1968. (12) Twelve division soldiers received the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. (13) The 1 ID deterred Soviet aggression against NATO Europe from 1970 to 1990 with a brigade in Germany and the rest of the division deploying there annually from Fort Riley in REFORGER exercises that demonstrated United States capability and resolve until the Cold War ended. (14) The 1 ID deployed to Saudi Arabia in 1991 in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. It attacked to breach the Iraqi defenses, raced across the desert with the United States VIIth Corps, destroying the Iraqi Republican Guard Tawakalna Division. (15) The 1 ID enforced international peace agreements in Bosnia for 31 months between 1996 and 2000; for 4 months in Macedonia (FYROM) in 1999