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The 24th Cavalry Division was a cavalry division of the United States Army, mostly drawn from the National Guards of the Midwest states. It was created after World War I from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession of the Regular Army divisions, which were not all active at its creation.
The 115th Cavalry was reorganized and redesignated the 115th Cavalry Regiment (Horse-Mechanized) on 1 November 1940 with the redesignation of the 24th Reconnaissance Squadron, 24th Cavalry Division, as the new 2nd Squadron. The regiment was concurrently relieved from the 24th Cavalry Division, and on 30 December 1940 was assigned to the IX Corps.
The 299th Cavalry Regiment, formerly the 299th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Koa Squadron", [citation needed] is a unit of the Hawaii Army National Guard. It was established in 1923 from the old 2nd Hawaiian Infantry Regiment, and it served during World War II as part of the 24th Infantry Division. The name "Koa" comes from the Hawaiian ...
Three elements of the 4th Cavalry Regiment participated in the Gulf War. 1-4 Cavalry continued to serve with the 1st Infantry Division (part of VII Corps) as a reconnaissance squadron, 2-4 Cavalry served with the 24th Infantry Division (part of XVIII Airborne Corps), and Troop D, 4th Cavalry served with 197th Infantry Brigade, which was in turn ...
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) 144th Armored Signal Company; 126th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion; 24th Armored Engineer Battalion; 4th Armored Medical Battalion; 504th CIC Detachment; 6th Armored Division [4] Major General Robert W. Grow. 15th Tank Battalion; 68th Tank Battalion; 69th Tank Battalion; 9th Armored Infantry ...
These were then issued to Troop F, 2nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron [7] [8] and Troop F, 42nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, [9] which each received seventeen M24s. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, these units and their new tanks were rushed to the southern sector; two of the M24s were detached to serve with the 740th Tank ...
Contact was made with the nearest US unit in the area, the 42nd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron of the 2nd Cavalry Group. The 2nd Cavalry Group, commanded by Colonel Charles H. Reed, was famous for its daring deep strikes. The unit was known among German troops as the "Ghosts of Patton's Army".
The unit was activated shortly thereafter on 1 October 1941 at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as an element of the 5th Armored Division. During World War II, the 1st Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment was relieved from the 5th Armor Division, reorganized and re-designated as the 772nd Tank Battalion before being sent to Europe. Arriving at Le Havre, France ...