| 词条 | 256th Cavalry Regiment (United States) |
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| unit_name = 256th Cavalry Regiment | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | dates = 1967–1996 | country = United States | branch = United States Army | type = Reconnaissance (Parent regiment under United States Army Regimental System) | command_structure = 256th Infantry Brigade (Troop E) | garrison = Natchitoches (Troop E) (1977–1996) | nickname = | motto = | battles = | anniversaries = | commander1 = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = Distinctive Unit Insignia }}{{Cavalry|previous=240th Cavalry|next=297th Cavalry}} The 256th Cavalry Regiment was a United States Army parent cavalry regiment, represented in the Louisiana Army National Guard by Troop E, 256th Cavalry, part of the 256th Infantry Brigade, stationed at Natchitoches from 1977. Constituted in 1967, other units were reflagged as Troop E in 1971 and 1977. It was called up for the Gulf War in 1990 but did not deploy. The troop was reflagged as Troop A, 108th Cavalry, in 1996. HistoryThe regiment was constituted on 6 November 1967 as the 256th Cavalry, a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System in the Louisiana Army National Guard. It was organized on 1 December 1967 to consist of Troop E at Hammond, the armored cavalry troop of the 256th Infantry Brigade.{{Sfn|Pope |Kondratiuk|1995|p=62}}[1] Troop E had been constituted on 17 June 1956 in the Louisiana National Guard as Battery C of the 105th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion and organized and Federally recognized on 29 July 1948 at Hammond. On 1 October 1953, the battalion dropped the "Automatic Weapons" designation. On 1 July 1959, the battery was redesignated as Troop C of the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron of the 139th Armor. It became Troop C of the 139th Cavalry's 1st Squadron on 1 May 1963.{{Sfn|Sawicki|1985|p=334}} The 256th Cavalry was reorganized on 1 January 1971, and Troop E became Company A of the 205th Engineer Battalion, while the 2228th Engineer Company at Leesville was redesignated as Troop E. The transfer to Leesville was made in order that the unit would be closer to tank training and gunnery ranges at Fort Polk.[2] The 2228th was originally constituted on 3 December 1941 as Company A of the 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, and activated on 15 December at Camp Shelby. The 773rd arrived at Gourock, Scotland, on 7 February 1944. After landing at in Normandy with M10 tank destroyer On 1 March 1977, the 256th Cavalry was again reorganized and Troop E became Company A of the 156th Infantry's 3rd Battalion. A new Troop E was simultaneously redesignated from the previous Company A at Natchitoches. Company A of the 156th Infantry had been originally organized and Federally recognized on 14 June 1921 at Nachitoches as the 1st Separate Company, Louisiana Infantry. On 3 November it was redesignated Company C of the 156th Infantry, and on 3 July 1922 it became the headquarters company of the 156th's 3rd Battalion. On 1 May 1929, the company was redesignated headquarters company of the 2nd Battalion. It was redesignated as Battery H of the 204th Coast Artillery on 15 December 1939 and inducted into Federal service on 6 January 1941. On 10 September 1943, it was redesignated as Battery D of the 527th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, and inactivated on 1 December 1944 at Camp Livingston. On 17 June 1946, it was redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion, 199th Infantry, and reorganized and Federally recognized on 13 November. It was redesignated as Company C of the 156th Infantry's 3rd Battle Group on 1 July 1959 and as the 1090th Transportation Company on 1 May 1963. On 1 January 1971, the company became Company A of the 156th's 3rd Battalion.{{Sfn|Sawicki|1985|p=334}} On 1 June 1989, the regiment was withdrawn from CARS and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System with headquarters at Nachitoches. By 1990 Troop E was equipped with the M113 armored personnel carrier and had an authorized strength of 161 men.[4][5] Troop E was ordered into active Federal service along with the rest of the 256th Brigade on 3 December 1990 for the Gulf War and sent to Fort Polk, where it conducted training in preparation for deployment. The troop remained behind at Fort Polk when the majority of the brigade left for Fort Hood to continue its training because it was assigned to a regular unit of the 5th Infantry Division.[6] However, the war ended before the troop could finish training, and it was released from active Federal service on 20 April 1991.{{Sfn|Pope |Kondratiuk|1995|p=62}}[7] On 1 September 1996, the troop was reflagged as Troop A, 108th Cavalry Regiment.[8] The regiment was not authorized a coat of arms or distinctive unit insignia.{{Sfn|Pope|Kondratiuk|1995|p=62}} ReferencesCitations1. ^Military construction appropriations for 1978: hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session, p. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951p01215092v;view=1up;seq=1575 665] 2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/215047582/?terms=%22e-256%2Bcavalry%22|title=Guard Units Will Change|last=|first=|date=8 January 1971|work=The Town Talk|access-date=10 February 2019|page=B2|subscription=y|via=Newspapers.com}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/215611048/?terms=%22256th%2Bcavalry%22|title=Guard Overflowing Polk For Annual Training|last=|first=|date=8 June 1976|work=The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)|access-date=10 February 2019|publisher=|page=9-A|subscription=y|via=Newspapers.com}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/217156041/?terms=%22256th%2Bcavalry%22|title=How the 256th Infantry Brigade is divided up|last=Davis|first=Peggy L.|date=17 November 1990|work=The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)|access-date=10 February 2019|page=2A|subscription=y|via=Newspapers.com}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/471889314/?terms=%22256th%2Bcavalry%22|title=La. Army National Guard has been placed on alert|last=|first=|date=22 November 1990|work=Kinder Courier News|access-date=|page=1|subscription=y|via=Newspapers.com}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/217050249/?terms=%22256th%2Bcavalry%22|title=2 units leave Ft. Polk for training at Ft. Hood|last=|first=|date=22 January 1991|work=Alexandria Daily Town Talk|access-date=22 August 2017|page=D-1|subscription=yes|via=Newspapers.com}} 7. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/218144017/?terms=%22256th%2Bcavalry%22|title=Guard unit ready for civilian life|last=Kendrick|first=Greg|date=20 April 1991|work=The Times (Shreveport, Louisiana)|access-date=22 August 2017|page=22A|subscription=yes|via=Newspapers.com}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.la.ngb.army.mil:80/256th/bdehist.html|title=The Louisiana Brigade|last=|first=|date=|website=Louisiana National Guard Bureau|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010809200149/http://www.la.ngb.army.mil/256th/bdehist.html|archive-date=2001-08-09|dead-url=no|access-date=22 August 2017|df=}} Bibliography
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