Military Academy Class Of 1933, took command of the 125th Squadron in August 1944, at which time Lt. Hollis, of Tampa, Florida, who had commanded the 2nd Squadron of the Regiment. The 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron was commanded by Lt. Military Academy Class of 1938, who had commanded the 1st Squadron of the Regiment, assumed command of the 113th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron. Military Academy Class Of 1923, who had commanded the Regiment, became the Group Commander and Lt. On February 6, 1944, the 113th Cavalry Regiment was reorganized into a Group Headquarters and two Squadrons, the 113th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, and the 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized. In August 1943 the 113th Cavalry became Corps Reconnaissance Regiment for the III Armored Corps, later XIX Corps, an association renewed in England in early 1944 and maintained with few interruptions thereafter. Preparation and training for World War I I carried the Regiment to Camp Bowie, the Mexican Border, and Camp Hood, Texas and to Camp Livingston and Camp Polk, Louisiana, as well as to three large-scale Louisiana Maneuvers. Called into Federal Service again on Januwith one Squadron "mechanized" and the other "horsed", the Regiment became fully mechanized in April 1942. The Group, which comprises Headquarters and Headquarters Troop 113th Cavalry Group, Mechanized, 113th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, and 125th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized, ( see memorial on TAPS page )started its military career as Iowa National Guard Cavalry in July 1915, and during World War I it saw action as a machine-gun unit. From that time until the German surrender Der Führer's soldiers felt both the lightening thrusts and the steady pressure of this distinguished unit. The 113th Cavalry Group, known from its coat of arms as the Red Horse Cavalry, was launched into action against the Germans for the second time in its history on Jin the St Jean de Daye area.
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