Military Units and Formations in Illinois - 106th Cavalry Regiment, Eighteenth Air Force, United States Transportation Command (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: 106th Cavalry Regiment, Eighteenth Air Force, United States Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command, 126th Air Refueling Wing, 375th Air Mobility Wing, 182d Airlift Wing, 618th Air and Space Operations Center, 183rd Fighter Wing, 458th Airlift Squadron, 932d Airlift Wing, 96th Air Division, 73d Airlift Squadron, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 48, Marine Air Control Group 48, 170th Fighter Squadron, 108th Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Operational Support Airlift Center, 169th Airlift Squadron, 129th Infantry Regiment, Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, 635th Supply Chain Management Wing. Excerpt: The 106th Cavalry Group (later reorganized as a Regiment) was a mechanized cavalry unit of the United States Army in World War II. The 106th Cavalry Group had previously been known as the 1st Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry during the Spanish American War and World War I and was constituted in 1921 as part of the Illinois National Guard. It underwent a number of reorganizations before World War II. Like other guard units during the inter-war years, the 106th held monthly drills and yearly training. Readiness for war in 1940 led to the mechanization of the unit and induction into Federal Service at Camp Livingston, Louisiana on 25 November 1940. After the Pearl Harbor attack, the 106th trained at Camp Hood, Texas until the spring of 1944 when they deployed to Europe. Upon arriving in England, the group was reorganized into the 106th and 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadrons along with a Group Headquarters. After arriving in Europe, they were often in the lead of other units. Lightly armed, they scouted ahead to fix enemy locations. For the next year and a half, they fought through France, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria, earning five campaign streamers and the Croix de guerre from Charles de Gaulle, Pre...