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The 73rd Cavalry Regiment is a Cavalry Regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1941.Three squadrons of the 73rd Cavalry Regiment ("Airborne Thunder" [1]) provided reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition to the Brigade Combat Teams of the 82nd Airborne Division through July 2024 when the last of the three squadrons was deactivated.
The 756th Tank Battalion was an independent tank battalion of the United States Army active during World War II and, as the 73rd Tank Battalion, during the early Cold War.It was later redesignated as the 73rd Armor Regiment, and is perpetuated today by the 73rd Cavalry Regiment.
At a later date, the 1st & 2nd Battalions, 72nd Armor, were attested as being assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea. 1st Battalion was inactivated in 2015 and 2nd Battalion was inactivated in 2005. 73rd Cavalry
4th Senior Reserves (73rd Infantry) 5th Senior Reserves (74th Infantry) ... 15th Battalion, Cavalry, State Service; 16th Battalion, Cavalry; Partisan Rangers.
Bragg was born in 1923 in Sabattus, Maine, the son of Calvin Leroy Bragg and Ella Stevenson Bragg. [1] [2] [3] His father served in the Army in World War I. [4]As a boy during the Great Depression, Bragg helped pay the family mortgage by riding his bicycle twenty miles into resort towns to sell vegetables from his family's farm.
On May 25, 2011, the 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry was recognized for their actions during the Battle of Turki by the awarding of the Presidential Unit Citation. 5-73rd Cavalry is the only battalion sized unit to receive the PUC during Operation Iraqi Freedom and one of only seven awards total for combat operations in Iraq. [3]
A Troop, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry; 2nd Brigade. 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (DRF 2) 5th Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment; 3rd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment (DRF 1) 6th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery Regiment; A Battery, 2-62d ADA; B Company, 27th Engineer Battalion; B Company, 7th Medical Battalion; B Company, 707th Maintenance ...
The 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army was initially activated in July 1968, to fill in for the 3rd Brigade which had deployed to Vietnam.The brigade consisted of a Headquarters and Headquarters Company and three infantry battalions: 4th Battalion (Airborne), 325th Infantry Regiment; 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 504th Infantry Regiment; and 3rd Battalion (Airborne ...