Second United States Cavalry - A History - The Ghosts of Patton's Third Army

Major A. L. Lambert and Capt. G. B. Layton

Published by the 2d Cavalry Association Historical Section after WW II to preserve the unit history of the 2d Cavalry Group in the European theater of action during WW II as well as the early occupation period following the war, the formation and early portion of the 2d Constabulary Regiment era, and the beginning of the 2d Cavalry's Cold War border period in Germany as the first line of defense along the Czechoslovakian and Southern East German borders with West Germany, a mission that would last until 1991 and end with the collapse of the Soviet Union. A brief history of the 2d Cavalry Regiment precedes the WW II story. First constituted as the 2d Regiment of Dragoons in 1836 to fight the Seminole Indians of Florida's everglades, the 2d Regiment has fought in the Mexican War, Indian Wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, Philippine War, WW I (only US Cavalry to fight on...