Gallery

Troop Portraits

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:59:01 -0700

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A small collection of troop portraits from different eras. If you have a troop portrait you would like to share, email me, Tacoma Dave, and I'll include it in the album. Must be an official troop photo and has to be high resolution so the names can be seen clearly.

Colonels of the Regiment

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:02:20 -0700

Since the Regiment's 1836 beginning in the everglade swamps of Florida to the present day, there have been 75 Colonels of the Regiment.

Regimental Coins and Medallions

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 11:20:56 -0600

120th Regimental Anniversary 1956

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:12:45 -0600

118th Regimental Anniversary 1954

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:04:21 -0600

117th Regimental Anniversary 1953

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:51:58 -0600

Cold War Years

Fri, 04 May 2012 08:29:37 -0600

A collection of pictures from the 'Border era' many of us so fondly remember. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.

War with Mexico 1846-1847

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:01:31 -0600

On 9 May 1846, an inspired charge at Reseca de la Palma by Cpt. C.A. May's Squadron of the Second Dragoons gave rise to the motto "Remember your Regiment, follow your Officers". CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE.

SECOND CAVALRY HORSE SHOW
Neukirchen, Germany July 4-5, 1945

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:23:02 -0600

WW II

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:33:52 -0600

REACTIVATED on 18 Dec 1942, the Regiment takes a giant leap from horses to tanks. Re-equipped as a mechanized Cavalry unit, the 2nd Cavalry Group, Mechanized, would soon earn the title of "The Ghosts of Patton's Third Army" from the Germans for their ability to mysteriously appear behind the enemy lines.

Many of the pictures contained in this album are drawings by Walter Gerling, Staltach, Bavaria, depicting actions by the Regiment in the European Theatre of Operations, and were taken from "Second United States Cavalry - A History", published by the Second Cavalry Association Historical Section, 1947. Click HERE to view ALL the WW II stories. Some of the picture descriptions and maps contain links to relevant stories. These links appear as darker text in the picture descriptions, as in the word REACTIVATED above, which is a link to the story of the Regiments reactivation. Click on these links to see each story CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE. ONCE ENLARGED, ALL OF THE MAPS AND MOST OF THE PHOTOS CAN BE CLICKED AGAIN TO ENLARGE THEM FURTHER. THIS MAY TAKE SEVERAL MINUTES, DEPENDING ON YOUR CONNECTION SPEED.

116th Regimental Anniversary 1952

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:43:21 -0700

Horse Equipments and Cavalry Accoutrements 1885

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:53:17 -0600

2d Constabulary Regiment

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:04:12 -0600

Once again the Second Cavalry leads the way, setting a shining example for all to follow.
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Review of 2d US Constabulary Regiment by Gen. Eisenhower October 14, 1946, Munich, Germany

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:32:03 -0600

Second U.S. Cavalry - The Ghost's of Patton's Third Army

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:37:41 -0600

1922 yearbook, Ft Riley, Kansas.

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:53:09 -0600

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Ft Riley, Kansas

Wed, 25 May 2011 10:49:33 -0600

For decades, Ft. Riley has served as the School of Cavalry, and often been home to troops of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment.

Regimental Traditions

Sun, 22 May 2011 22:09:07 -0600

The mixing of the Regimental Punch, a time honored ceremony commemorating the many campaigns of the 2d Dragoons.

1954 2d Regimental Combat Team yearbook

Sun, 22 May 2011 21:48:01 -0600

C-15 explosion

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:03:17 -0600

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125th Regimental Anniversary 1961

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:26:46 -0700

Cards, Programs, Books

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:30:42 -0700

Christmas 1948 - New Year 1949. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:30:14 -0700

1937 Troop B Christmas card with menu and troop roster. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:22:24 -0700

1930 Machine Gun Troop Christmas card with menu and troop roster. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:17:47 -0700

1936 Headquarters Troop Christmas card with menu and troop roster. CLICK ALBUM TO OPEN.

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:15:47 -0700