MOUNT UP!

A History of the 86th Cavalry

Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized

in World War II

LINEAGE

CONSTITUTED 8 JANUARY 1942 IN THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AS 86TH ARMORED RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION, ASSIGNED TO THE 6TH ARMORED DIVISION.

ACTIVATED 15 FEBRUARY 1942 AT FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY - REDESIGNATED 86TH CAVALRY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON MECHANIZED, 20 SEPTEMBER 1943.

INACTIVATED 19 SEPTEMBER 1945 AT CAMP MYLES STANDISH, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAMPAIGN STREAMERS:

WORLD WAR II

NORMANDY

NORTHERN FRANCE

ARDENNES-ALSACE

RHINELAND

CENTRAL EUROPE

DECORATIONS

TROOP A ENTITLED TO DISTINGUISHED UNIT STREAMER EMBROIDERED "PRUM RIVER".

TROOP D ENTITLED TO DISTINGUISHED UNIT STREAMER EMBROIDERED "EDER RIVER".

This Web Page was created by Mike Barbour primarily using the information published in the "MOUNT UP" publication authored by Charlie Barbour and associates. As in the book, it is dedicated to every man who served in the 86th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Mechanized, especially those eight officers and 101 enlisted men who laid down their lives.

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