
Jungle Combat with the 112th Cavalry
by Robert Peyton Wiggins
"Three Texans in the Pacific in World War II"
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Jungle Combat with the 112th Cavalry Book Details
War:
World War II
Perspective:
Cavalry
Military Unit:
US Army
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Pacific
Page Count:
205
Published Date:
2014
ISBN13:
9780786485291
Jungle Combat with the 112th Cavalry Book Description
This narrative tracks the experiences of three veterans while providing a comprehensive account of Troop G activities during the war years. The text follows the regiment from its time as mounted cavalry based in Fort Clark to New Caldonia, where the men gave up their horses to become infantymen in General Douglas MacArthur's conquest of New Guinea and the Philippines. Never as famous as the federalized infantrymen of the Texas 36th, the men of the 112th have often been overlooked in discussions of World War II, and this text seeks to restore them to their rightful place in the history of the Pacific theater operations.