World War II US Cavalry Units Pacific Theater

Name: World War II US Cavalry Units Pacific Theater
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ISBN: 9781846034510

ISBN-10: 1846034515

ISBN-13: 9781846034510

Edition: 2009

Authors: Gordon L. Rottman, Peter Dennis

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At the time of Pearl Harbor, the United States Army still had ten cavalry regiments that were mounted on horses. One, the 26th (Filipino Scouts) fought on horseback in the Philippines, while the rest were dismounted and fought as infantry. Despite this, the cavalry units maintained their own unique organization, traditions, and identity as they saw action in the Pacific and China-Burma-India theatre. This book covers all of the US cavalry units to see action during World War II, most of which survive to this day. It includes the little-covered Texan National Guard regiments, who took part in the vicious street fighting in Manila in 1945, and who fought beside ex-Merrill's Marauders as a…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 10/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 64
Size: 7.31" wide x 9.90" long x 0.20" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction


Organizational history of the US Cavalry, 1865-1918


the interwar years


Pre-War Cavalry Regiments


Regiments, squadrons, companies and troops


horse cavalry unit organization


Wartime Dismounted Cavalry Organization


Comparative weakness in manpower and crew-served weapons


wartime augmentations


tactical limitations


26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts)


The retreat to Bataan


Morong


Mt Natib


Texas National Guard Cavalry: Background


112th Cavalry Regiment (Special), 1942-October 1944


New Caledonia and Australia


Woodlark Island


New Britain


New Guinea


124th Cavalry Regiment (Special), 1942-45


India


Burma


1st Cavalry Division (Special)


Australia


Admiralty Islands


the Philippines: Leyte and Samar


Luzon


Manila


Southern Luzon


occupation of Japan


Select Bibliography


Index