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9th Cavalry insignia. The regiment was authorized on 28 July 1866 to become the 9th United States Cavalry Regiment. [1] On 3 August 1866, Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding the Military Division of the Gulf, was "authorized to raise, among others, one regiment of colored (African-American) cavalry to be designated the 9th Regiment of U.S. Cavalry".
The 9th Cavalry Division (9. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was dissolved in March 1918.
The 301st was part of the 61st Cavalry Division. [24] 302nd Cavalry Regiment – First constituted 1917 and broken up 1918 to create new artillery units. Reconstituted as Organized Reserve unit 1921 and converted to tank destroyer battalion 1942. Its interwar headquarters was at Newark, New Jersey, and it was part of the 61st Cavalry Division ...
Staff Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an infantry squad leader with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, near Phu Huu 2, Kim Son Valley, Republic of Vietnam, on Dec. 1, 1966.
The 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments were mostly disbanded, and the soldiers were moved into service-oriented units, along with the entire 2nd Cavalry Division. The 92nd Infantry Division , the "Buffalo Division", served in combat during the Italian campaign .
The ARVN took over the base and at the start of the Battle of An Lộc in April 1972 it was defended by a battalion of the 7th Regiment, 5th Division [4] and was also the base for the 9th Regiment. [4]: 55 A combined 105mm and 155mm artillery battery was also based at Quản Lợi.
Edward Hatch (December 22, 1832 – April 11, 1889) was a career American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.After the war, he became the first commander of the 9th U.S. Cavalry Regiment, a buffalo soldier regiment with African-American troops commanded by White officers.
[citation needed] The division saw its first contact on 1 November 1965, when a troop from 1st Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment Cavalry, the division's reconnaissance squadron, overran an enemy aid station belonging to the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 33rd Regiment.