304th Armored Cavalry Regiment

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304th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Active1948–1950
CountryUnited States
BranchUnited States Army
TypeCavalry
RoleReconnaissance
Garrison/HQBoston

The 304th Armored Cavalry Regiment (304th ACR) was a Massachusetts-based reconnaissance unit of the

Organized Reserve Corps, which briefly existed after World War II
. It was constituted in 1948 and partially organized from existing units before being inactivated in 1950 and disbanded in 1952.

History

The 304th Armored Cavalry was constituted on 21 October 1948 in the

Organized Reserve Corps, and partially organized from existing units. Its headquarters and headquarters company (HHC) was redesignated from the headquarters and headquarters troop of the 304th Cavalry Group, which had been constituted on 7 October 1946 in the Organized Reserve and activated on 1 November of that year in Boston.[1]

301st Tank Battalion Mark V (Male) tank going into action, October 1917

The regiment's 1st Battalion was redesignated from the 321st Mechanized Cavalry Squadron, which had been first constituted as the 1st Separate Battalion, Heavy Tank Service, 65th Engineers during

Somme Offensive later that year.[1]

On 22 June 1921 it was renumbered the 17th Tank Battalion, and became the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Tank Regiment on 1 September 1929. Inactivated on 15 September 1931, it was redesignated the 2nd Battalion,

Central Europe Campaign.[1][2] The battalion was disbanded on 25 March 1946 after the end of World War II, but reconstituted in the Organized Reserves on 6 February 1947 as the 321st Mechanized Cavalry Squadron, and activated on 21 February 1947 at Boston.[1]

In March 1950, the regimental commander was Lieutenant Colonel

304th Cavalry Regiment, and was not authorized a coat of arms or distinctive unit insignia.[1]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f Sawicki 1985, p. 352.
  2. ^ "67th Armor Lineage and Honors Information". United States Army Center of Military History. 24 March 1998. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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  5. ^ Sawicki 1985, p. 351.

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