6th Cavalry Regiment
Active:
Country:	United States
Branch:	Regular Army
Type:	Cavalry
Culture and history
Nickname:	Figthing Sixth
Motto:	Ducit Amor Patriae {Led By Love of Country}; Silent Thunder The Regular Army is the name given to the permanent force of the United States Army that is maintained during peacetime. ...
Colors:	Yellow

The 6th Cavalry was organized in August, 1861, where it took to the fields as part of "the Army of the Potomac". the regiment took part in sixteen campaigns, among them Antietam, Gettysburg, the Wilderness Campaign and Appomattox. From 1865 to 1871 the Regiment was stationed in Texas {see Fifth Military District} and also took part in the Indian Wars. The "Fighting Sixth" took part in the battle for San Juan Hill along side of Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders". The 6th Cavalry, which became part of Patton's Third Army, had one of the most outstanding combat records to come out of World War II. Starting in October of 1943 where it embarked on the "Queen Elizabeth" bound for northern Ireland. The 5th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army. ... 7th Cavalry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia The 7th United States Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage traces back to the mid-19th century. ... Battle of Antietam Conflict American Civil War Date September 16–18, 1862 Place Near Sharpsburg, Maryland Result (Union strategic victory) The Battle of Antietam (known as the Battle of Sharpsburg in the South), fought on Wednesday, September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland, was the first major battle of the American... Gettysburg may refer to: Places Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Gettysburg Battlefield, the National Military Park administered by the National Park Service. ... The 5th Military District was a temporary administrative unit set up during the Reconstruction period following the American Civil War. ... Combatants Native Americans USA Indian Wars is the name used by historians in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) was the twenty-fifth (1901) Vice President and the twenty-sixth (1901-1909) President of the United States, succeeding to the office upon the assassination of William McKinley. ... Roosevelt and the Rough Riders atop San Juan Heights, 1898 The Rough Riders was the name bestowed by the American press on the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. ...

In January of 1944 the 6th Cavalry Regiment was disbanded and reorganized into the 6th Cavalry Group and assigned to XV Corps. The unit spent the first part of 1944 in intense basic, small unit and special combat training. Finally in July of 1944 the unit set sail across the English Channel to land at Utah beach (St. Mereeglise, France). Through out WWII, the sixth was part of most of the major campaigns, some of which included,Task Force Polk, engagement in the Ardennes and the Battle of the Bulge. It was also responsible for the screening and protection of the corps in the Bastogne area, defending the Our River, breaching the Siegfried Line and the big job of crossing the Rhine and the drive to the east. Satellite view of the English Channel Map of the English Channel The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: ) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. ... American assault troops move onto Utah Beach, carrying full equipment. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower Gerd von Rundstedt Strength Dec 16 - start of the Battle: about 83,000 men; 242 Sherman tanks, 182 tank destroyers, and 394 pieces of corps and divisional artillery. ... Bastogne (Dutch: Bastenaken, German: Bastenach, Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. ... Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...

Toward the end of hostilities the Sixth was left with the detail of mopping up enemy stragglers to it's final battle with the capture of Adrof & Mark Neukirchen. The Sixth Cavalry was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation (Army), for their valor during World War II. On 20 December 1948, the former 6th Cavalry Regiment was reorganized and redesignated as the 6th Armored Cavalry. The Regiment returned to the United States from Germany in 1957 during Operation Gyroscope, and was stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Inactivated in 1963, the Regiment reactivated four years latter at Fort Meade, Maryland, where it served through 1971 when it was again inactivated. The Presidential Unit Citation is a senior unit award granted to military units which have performed an extremely meritorious or heroic act, usually in the face of an armed enemy. ... Courage is the ability to confront fear in the face of pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. ...

In the summer of 1974, the Army decided to implement one of the recommendations of the Howze Board, and created an air cavalry combat brigade. The 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cavalry Division, Commanded by Colonel Charles D. Canedy, was redesignated as the 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat). The 6th Cavalry Group. While at Hood, the brigade was a test bed for new concepts involving the employment of attack helicopters on the modern battlefield. In the fall of 1990 two of the brigade's subordinate units were deployed on Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

In late 1995, the 1st and 4th Squadrons were again deactivated, leaving only the 3rd Squadron at Fort Hood.

External link

• Summary of US 6th Cavalry Regiment movements from 1861 to 1890 [1]. Also see "Hardin and the Law" on John Wesley Hardin for reports of five soldiers of the 6th US Cavalry Regiment killed and wounded in incidents of August 14, 1868; September 2, 1868; & September 23, 1868