112th Cavalry Regiment - Wikipedia
The 112th Cavalry Regiment is a Texas National Guard regiment that served in several Pacific campaigns during World War II. Early history. The 112th Cavalry Regiment was constituted in the National Guard in 1921, assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, and allotted to the state of Texas.
1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment - Texas Military Department
Known as the "Little Giant of the Pacific," the 112th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 56th Cavalry Brigade, Texas National Guard, was mobilized for active duty on 18 November 1940. The regiment was stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, and in February 1941 was sent to Fort Clark at Bracketville, to relieve the 5th United States Cavalry.
WWII Summary History: 112th Cavalry Regiment - Texas Military …
Known as the "Little Giant of the Pacific," the 112th Cavalry Regiment, part of the 56th Cavalry Brigade, Texas National Guard, was mobilized for active duty on 18 November 1940. The regiment was stationed at Fort Bliss, El Paso, and in February 1941 was sent to Fort Clark at Bracketville, to relieve the 5th United States Cavalry.
112th Cavalry Regiment 1940 - Texas Military Forces Museum
112th Cavalry Regiment. The 112th Cavalry was first organized as the Fifth Cavalry, Second Brigade, Texas National Guard, by order of the Governor of Texas, William P. Hobby, during April, May and June, 1918, per authority of the Honorable Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War. Federal recognition was extended August 28, 1918.
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Learning under Fire: The 112th Cavalry Regiment in World War II …
Mar 15, 2010 · "Learning under Fire recruits the reader into the 112th Cavalry Regiment and leads him through a combat odyssey from Texas to Tokyo. Along the way the regiment learns to fight, fights to survive, and wishes it could learn faster.
Bill Garbo, 112th Cavalry Regiment - The National WWII Museum
Enemy action still raged on Saipan when 10 American Army nurses landed there on July 9, 1944. Major (then Captain) Birdie Daigle was in command of the group, who found an utterly destroyed landscape and 900 wounded civilians.
Project MUSE - Learning under Fire
Learning under Fire: The 112th Cavalry Regiment in World War II. Thrown into the heart of war with little training--and even less that would apply to the battles in which they were engaged--the units of the 112th Cavalry Regiment faced not only the Japanese enemy, but a rugged environment for which they were ill-prepared.
The 1-112th Cavalry Regiment to Deploy to the CENTCOM Region …
The 1-112th Cavalry Regiment to Deploy to the CENTCOM Region. AUSTIN, Texas (Jan. 17, 2020) – On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 11 a.m., the Texas Army National Guard will bid farewell and good luck to approximately 200 members of the 1st Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment of the 72nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division, as they ...
Records for the 112th Cavalry Regiment for Dec 1943 - Feb 1944
The National Archives at College Park - Textual Reference (RDT2) has custody of histories for 1940 to June 1945 and historical reports for 24 November 1943 to 10 February 1944 of the 112th Cavalry Regiment in the World War II Operations Reports, 1940 - 1948.