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WELCOME TO A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF
TROOP B - 2ND SQUADRON
17th CAVALRY REGIMENT
101st AIRBORNE DIVISION

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THE INFORMATION AND PHOTOGRAPHS
ON THIS PORTION OF OUR WEB SITE WILL
ATTEMPT TO SHOW YOU THE TRANSITION
OF TROOP B - 17th CAVALRY REGIMENT,
WHICH WAS LATER RENAMED TROOP B -
2nd SQUADRON - 17th CAVALRY REGIMENT
FROM:

THIS TO THIS
 

THE PROUD HISTORY OF
TROOP B - 2nd SQUADRON - 17th CAVALRY REGIMENT
IS AS DIVERSE AND THE MEN AND WOMEN
THAT SERVED IN THE UNIT.

 

OUR HISTORY EXTENDS FROM THE
DESERTS OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST AND MEXICO
TO THE DESERTS OF IRAQ
AND SAUDI ARABIA.

 

FROM THE STEAMING MOUNTAINS
AND VALLEYS OF VIETNAM TO THE
FROZEN MOUNTAINS AND VALLEYS OF KOSOVO TO AFGHANISTAN.

THE LINEAGE OF TROOP B
AND THE OTHER TROOPS OF THE
2nd SQUADRON - 17th CAVALRY REGIMENT
CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE ORIGINAL
TROOP B - 17th CAVALRY REGIMENT
THAT WAS FORMED AT FT. BLISS,
TEXAS IN 1916.