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Hey Chaps

 

Ive been collecting US Horse Cavalry from ww2 and related stuff for over 15 years

 

Here is some of my snaps

 

Carbine scabbard on the saddle at Ft Riley 1942,1st Training Regiment

 

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The last Cavalry Parade at Junction City.Kansas November 11,1946

 

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Troop F,124th Cavalry at Fort Riley 1944

 

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10th QM Battalion on D series manouvers 1944

 

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3rd Recon Troop(Provisional)

 

Anzio,1944

 

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1st/475th December 1944

 

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35th QM Pack Troop,1944 Burma

 

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257th Pack Coy,D Series 1944

 

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Horse Platoon,78th Recon Troop,78th ID Berlin 1945

 

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Field Artillery afloat,4th Grd Transportation Btn float Phillips pack saddles,Fort Sill 1944

 

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Lt Bill Warren,CO 252nd QM Pack Troop on manouvers

 

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Infantry from the 78th Division attend pack class at Camp Carson

 

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Great shots. A nice look at the end of an era, mounted troops and horse drawn equipment. I have always been fascinated with Cav photos from the earlieer years of the 20th century. An odd overlap period where mechanization and horse power existed side by side. I recently found 2 yard long photos from 1923 showing the 5th Cav Regt Band. Mounted and dismounted with musical instruments at the ready.. Great Stuff

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Great shots. A nice look at the end of an era, mounted troops and horse drawn equipment. I have always been fascinated with Cav photos from the earlieer years of the 20th century. An odd overlap period where mechanization and horse power existed side by side. I recently found 2 yard long photos from 1923 showing the 5th Cav Regt Band. Mounted and dismounted with musical instruments at the ready.. Great Stuff

 

 

Thanks for the comments.The CRTC trained Horse Cavalry until 1946

 

Troop L,29th cavalry regiment 1944.The 29th was a training regiment and apears in the ww2 Cavalry films

 

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513th QM Pack Coy

 

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Vet Detachment,8th Cavalry Regiment,1942 Ft Bliss

 

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Troop E,14th Cavalry,1941 Camp Funston,Ft Riley

 

Very relaxed dress,denim,denim daisy may,chino breeches

 

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Thank you for sharing your collection of photos. I suppose most of us forget that along with the Cavalry, the Artillery, Quartermaster Corps, and Veterinary Corps all had horses to one degree or another during WWII. I know here in San Diego, one of the few Active Duty Army detachments is a small Veterinary Clinic at Fort Rosecrans. They work on Military Working Dogs these days.

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Anybody specialize in the 112th Cav? I ask because years ago a vet showed me two photos of the regimental band in New Caledonia -- wearing cammies with white leggins and belting! I would love to recapture those images. IIRC the prints were marked on the back as being official, with a Sig Corps credit, but I could never find them in the Army photo collection(s).

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My main focus is the 112th and 124th cavalry

 

I have some stills from the mounted regimental review on New Caledonia

 

Ill put them up soonish.Its my life mission to make folks aware of the US Horse Cavalry at home and abroad during and after WW2

 

abyhows ill get back to work

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Good to see you posting some of your considerable photograph collection Sam. thumbsup.gif

 

Please keep it up.

 

I am sure that a lot of folks will find your pictures very enlightening.

 

The photograph of the 3rd Recon Troop(Provisional) taken Anzio,1944 (shown bottom in post 1) is one of my all time favorites.

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Is the second soldier in that pic riding a mule or is it just a very short horse?

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Vet Detachment,8th Cavalry Regiment,1942 Ft Bliss

 

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My great Uncle Wayne was in the Headquartes troop of the 8th. I have his photo albums all the way from 1937-45. Many nice photos from Ft Bliss thru the Pacific

 

Thanks for sharing

 

Mike

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My great Uncle Wayne was in the Headquartes troop of the 8th. I have his photo albums all the way from 1937-45. Many nice photos from Ft Bliss thru the Pacific

 

Thanks for sharing

 

Mike

 

Gday Mike

hows about sharing?

understood either way

thanks

Sam

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Anybody specialize in the 112th Cav? I ask because years ago a vet showed me two photos of the regimental band in New Caledonia -- wearing cammies with white leggins and belting! I would love to recapture those images. IIRC the prints were marked on the back as being official, with a Sig Corps credit, but I could never find them in the Army photo collection(s).

 

 

I have a 112th thread running now

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I have a 112th thread running now

 

Hey 124cav: Is this Sam Cox from the Society of the Military Horse? A lot of those photos look very familiar.

Retired (Dallas)

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Hey 124cav: Is this Sam Cox from the Society of the Military Horse? A lot of those photos look very familiar.

Retired (Dallas)

 

Gday Dallas

 

Yep,its Sam here

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  • 2 weeks later...
as promised a few photos from my uncles albums. Enjoy and I do have more when i get a chance to scan more.

 

Mike

 

Dont to harrass you but any more from the family album?

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no harrasment felt here... :) i will scan a few more for you today or tomorrow.. Glad there is some interest.. My Uncle Wayne prolly is getting a kick out the attention.. He was an extreme extrovert lol

 

 

Mike

Dont to harrass you but any more from the family album?
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last 2 for now... the first one has one the back "my squad, what's left of it" and the other I thought would be of interest because of his uniform.

 

 

hope you enjoy as much as i have sharing, Mike

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