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Forward

Heredity

Chapter 2: Unit Background

Chapter 3: Command and Control

Chapter 4: Unit Operations

Nov - Dec 1967

Jan - Feb 1968

Mar - Apr 1968

May - Jul 1968

Aug - Dec 1968

Chapter 5: Equipment and Installations

Chapter  6: Reflections

Map, Area of Operations



CHAPTER 1: HEREDITY

For details of the squadron "Ruthless Riders Patch" see Headquarters and Headquarters Troop History.

Troop A 7th Armored Squadron, 17th Air Cavalry Lineage

Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Troop 0, 17th Cavalry and organized at Fort Bliss, Texas

Inactivated 26 September 1921 at the Presidio of Monterey, California

Redesignated 1 July 1940 as Troop 0, 17th Cavalry (Corps Reconnaissance)

Disbanded 9 March 1951

Reconstituted 4 May 1959 in the Regular Army as Troop 0, 17th Cavalry

Activated 6 December 1962 at Fort Ord, California

Inactivated 1 Ang 1965 at Fort Ord, California

Redesignated 27 September 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop , 7th Squadron, 17th Cavalry (organic elements concurrently constituted.

Activated 25 November 1966 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II

Northern France

Rhineland

Ardennes - Alsace

DECORATIONS

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