Black plaque № 14683

Killeen, TX, United States

First Cavalry Division. First in Manila--first in Tokyo--first in Pyongyang. The Fifth Cavalry regiment, raised and posted in 1855 to Fort Belknap, Texas, is the oldest unit in the 1st Cavalry Division, United States Army. Next (1866) were the Seventh and Eighth regiments. The Eighth initially saw d

uty at Fort Concho, Texas. On Sept. 13, 1921, the Division was constituted of these and one other regiment (later dropped) at Fort Bliss, Texas, to defend the United States-Mexico Border. In 1933, the

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