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campaigns in Europe: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and
Central Europe. The 15th Cavalry Group and its two squadrons fought as part of the Third Army, Ninth Army and was later assigned as a security force for several different divisions. The end of the war found the 15th deep inside Germany, covering over 1,000 miles of enemy held territory since landing on the Continent in July 1944. When the war ended, the 15th Cavalry Group and its two squadrons had taken nearly 7,000 German prisoners and had destroyed 78 guns and 495 enemy vehicles.
326:, the regiment sailed for France as one of the four mounted regiments on duty with the Allied Expeditionary Force. The fighting had bogged down into trench warfare and the role of horse cavalry was nearly over. The 15th subsequently dismounted and relieved exhausted infantry units in the trenches. It was the tank that finally broke the trench lines to end both the war and signal the twilight of the horse soldier. The 15th served occupation duty after the war, and arrived at the port of New York on 19 June 1919 on the
470:(CARS) to restore some order to the history and lineage of its regiments. One goal of this reform was to keep on active duty those regiments which had earned distinguished records over long years of service. The 15th Cavalry Regiment met this criterion and, in March 1987, was reactivated at Fort Knox, Kentucky, by the activation of its 5th Squadron (Sabers). On 1 May 2018, the 2nd Squadron (Lions) was activated. Both Squadrons, as part of the
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Cavalry Group (Mechanized). The group was composed of a group headquarters and the 15th and 17th Reconnaissance Squadrons. The 15th Cavalry Group landed on Utah Beach on 5 July 1944 as part of Patton's Third Army. The 15th served in four major
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Constabulary Regiment, charged initially with occupation duty of the defeated Germany. The 17th Reconnaissance Squadron was deactivated in January 1947, but the 15th Squadron, redesignated as the 15th Constabulary Squadron, continued serving. As
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Training Center in
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Reconnaissance Battalions; and Troops F and L, 15th Cavalry Regiment, consolidated, reorganized and redesignated 1957-04-01 to 1959-05-01 as the 15th Cavalry Regiment, a parent regiment under the
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the cold war began in earnest, the regiment's duty shifted to patrolling the border between West
Germany and East Germany, as well as the border with Czechoslovakia. The Constabulary Force guarded the border until 1952.
362:. It was inactivated on 18 October 1921 at Fort D. A. Russell. Subsequently, the 15th Cavalry's "active associate" unit that would provide the personnel to reactivate the unit in the event of war was the
302:. Immediately after its organization, the 15th Cavalry embarked for the Philippines to quell an insurrection in the United States' newly acquired territory. The regiment's next action was part of the
414:, Kansas. On 1 July 1940, the 15th Cavalry Regiment was redesignated the 15th Cavalry Regiment (Horse and Mechanized), and was given the role of a corps-level reconnaissance regiment.
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The 15th Cavalry Regiment – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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1092:21st LTC Evert S. Thomas July 1948 – December 1948
1031:7th COL Melvin W. Rowell October 1917 – May 1918
895:Redesignated 1963-07-01 as the 15th Armor Regiment
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1147:"Lineage and Honors Information, 15th Cavalry"
1086:19th COL Harold G. Holt April 1946 – July 1947
1078:18th COL David Wagstaff June 1945 – April 1946
1019:3rd COL Joseph Garrard May 1907 – April 1914
1151:United States Army Center of Military History
839:Inactivated 1949-01-25 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
1208:Cavalry regiments of the United States Army
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914:returned from Vietnam on 1972-02-26.
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1178:History of the 15th Cavalry Group
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1176:Budmirovich, Michael.
645:66th Infantry Division
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239:U.S. Cavalry Regiments
1132:Clay, Steven (2010).
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567:Camp Shanks
538:Second Army
452:Vietnam War
384:Kansas City
328:USS Panaman
318:World War I
74:introducing
1202:Categories
1119:References
977:Rhineland;
951:Luzon 1902
649:Ninth Army
592:Trowbridge
545:Camp Maxey
530:Fort Riley
505:California
425:California
400:Fort Riley
372:Corps Area
332:Camp Mills
300:California
203:commanders
196:Commanders
1043:11th COL
971:Normandy;
948:Mindanao;
831:Fort Sill
703:Fort Knox
694:Louisiana
690:Camp Polk
667:Montabaur
629:Avranches
129:1901–1921
985:Vietnam:
874:Kentucky
835:Oklahoma
707:Kentucky
571:New York
445:Cold War
429:Scotland
388:Missouri
352:Sheridan
308:the hunt
248:Previous
213:Insignia
188:Motto(s)
175:Regiment
159:Regiment
1161:26 June
912:Troop G
906:Vietnam
902:Troop G
864:Georgia
818:Germany
807:Germany
745:Germany
734:Germany
671:Germany
660:Germany
641:Lorient
596:England
585:England
553:X Corps
524:Wyoming
482:Lineage
348:Wyoming
290:Origins
285:History
201:Notable
136:Country
70:improve
933:Honors
793:France
720:France
534:Kansas
404:Kansas
358:, and
146:Branch
126:Active
633:Brest
549:Texas
322:When
55:, or
1163:2009
1000:None
741:Verl
639:and
273:The
251:Next
172:Size
164:Role
156:Type
410:at
398:at
140:USA
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