102 United States Cavalry (H-MECZ) 1942
- Item sets
- World War II Regimental Histories
- Title
- 102 United States Cavalry (H-MECZ) 1942
- Publisher
- Atlanta : Army Press, [1942?]
- Date
- 1942
- Description
- In November of 1940 the War Department, after two years of experimenting in search of a highly mobile ground reconnaissance force, selected seven national guard and two regular army cavalry regiments to be reorganized as "Horse-Mechanized Cavalry." With a new national emergency in sight, and mobilization already under way, the 102nd (Essex Troop) Cavalry was honored by being selected as one of these. The new regiment consisted of a rifle squadron (horse), reconnaissance squadron (mechanized), a headquarters troop and service troop, the latter embodying portee equipment for the horse squadron. From a peacetime strength of about 500 men, the organization jumped to a mobilization table of some 1,500 and active recruiting was started immediately.
- Subject
- United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 102nd--History
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories
- Format
- 2 unnumbered, 73, 1 unnumbered pages : chiefly portraits ; 32 cm
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Rights
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