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Jackson, South Carolina as the 100th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 100th Infantry Division. Reorganized and Redesignated 2 August 1943 as the 100th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized. Reorganized and Redesignated 7 September 1945 as the 100th Mechanized Reconnaissance Troop. Inactivated 11 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Redesignated 15 October 1946 as Reconnaissance Platoon, 100th Airborne Division. Activated 2 December 1946 at Louisville, Kentucky. (Organized Reserves Redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; Redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve). Reorganized and Redesignated 31 August 1950 Anti-tank Platoon, 100th Airborne Division. Reorganized and Redesignated 12 May 1952 as the 100th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 100th Infantry Division. Inactivated 22 April 1953 at Louisville, Kentucky. Activated 9 April 1955 at Neon, Kentucky. Disbanded 17 April 1959 at Neon, Kentucky.
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972:From 9th Infantry Division to 2nd Cavalry Regiment
800:"2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry - Lineage and Honors"
1003:Military units and formations established in 1921
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845:"Field Artillery - Army Lineage Series - Part 1"
696:Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal
694:(New York: Ivy Books/Random House, 1987); and
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628:Units assigned to the 199th Infantry Brigade:
339:began. It immediately began a defense of U.S.
778:"1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment Lineage"
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252:which served in the
688:Michael Lee Lanning
440:(Long Range Patrol)
380:Cambodian Incursion
329:Operation Uniontown
209:Frederic E. Davison
970:Roger W. Houston,
683:In popular culture
611:Peter W. Chiarelli
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982:Categories
936:References
622:Fort Moore
566:33rd Armor
538:Fort Lewis
512:Casualties
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262:Fort Lewis
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175:Commanders
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322:III Corps
182:commander
48:1991–1992
46:1966–1970
44:1921–1940
353:Vietcong
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215:Insignia
149:Motto(s)
102:Training
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876:21 June
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727:8 March
651:Stryker
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