27th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States)

27th Cavalry Regiment

27th Cavalry Regiment

Military unit

The 27th Cavalry Regiment[nb 1] was a short-lived African American unit of the United States Army. The regiment was formed as part of the 2nd Cavalry Division in 1943 and inactivated in north Africa in 1944 without seeing combat.[1]

Quick Facts Active, Disbanded ...

History

The regiment was formed at Fort Clark, Texas on 25 February 1943 and assigned to the 5th Cavalry Brigade of the 2nd Division. The regiment shipped out on 28 February 1944 from Hampton Roads, Virginia. A little over two weeks after arrival in Algeria, the 2nd Cavalry Division and its component regiments were inactivated. Troops from the 27th Cavalry were given the option of transferring to service units or volunteering for combat. Some troops from the 27th Cavalry were used to activate the 6404th Port Battalion.[2]

The regiment was formally disbanded on 12 December 1951.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    The unit's official designation was 27th Cavalry Regiment (Horse) (Colored)

References

  1. [1]
    "2nd Cavalry Division". Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
  2. [2]
    World War II Order of Battle, p. 316.
  3. [3]
    We Remember: U.S. Cavalry Association. Turner Publishing Company. 1996. p. 55. ISBN 9781563113185. Retrieved 3 February 2013.

Sources

  • Stanton, Shelby. (1991). World War II Order of Battle, New York: Galahad Books.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 27th_Cavalry_Regiment_(United_States), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.