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In that exercise, the 57th Cavalry Brigade, reinforced by the 24th Signal Troop and the 4th Cavalry Regiment (Horse and Mechanized), constituted the reconnaissance and screening force for the provisional Red VII Corps. The 168th Field Artillery and the 120th Observation Squadron were not part of the Fourth Army maneuvers; being located in the ...
During World War II the first flight nurses uniform consisted of a blue wool battle dress jacket, blue wool trousers and a blue wool men's style maroon piped garrison cap. The uniform was worn with either the ANC light blue or white shirt and black tie. After 1943 the ANC adopted olive drab service uniforms similar to the newly formed WAC.
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 ...
15th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron transferred in February 1943 to the 15th (Scottish) Reconnaissance Regiment. [32] 24th (Guards) Independent Reconnaissance Squadron transferred to the 49th (West Riding) Reconnaissance Regiment. [26] 29th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron transferred in September 1942 from the 78th Infantry Division to ...
The principal reconnaissance element of an infantry division was a mechanized cavalry troop, whilst an armored division was provided with a full cavalry squadron. Several cavalry groups, each of two squadrons, were formed to serve as the reconnaissance elements for U.S. corps headquarters in the European Theater of Operations during 1944–45.
North American F-6C (P-51C-5-NT) Mustang Serial 42-103368 of the 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Reconnaissance Group at Saint-Dizier Airfield, France, Autumn 1944. This aircraft was flown by Captain John H. Hoefler, who used it to shoot down three enemy aircraft in June 1944.
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 ...
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 ...