Index to the General Orders of the 112th Cavalry WWII

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Index of the General Orders of the 112th Cavalry Regiment, in WWII Price: $20.00 Statistics: Silver Star Medals 4Purple Heart Medals 505Combat Infantryman Badges 2,908Combat Medic Badges 194Expert Infantryman Badges 8 Total Awards 3,619 This book has 106 pagesISBN 978-1-932891-90-0Library of Congress Control Number Pending WWII Campaigns GuadalcanalNorthern SolomonsNew GuineaLuzon This is the thirteenth in a series of indexes of all infantry regiments and independent infantry battalions of the US Army in WWII. Note that the 112 th Cavalry Regiment fought dismounted as infantry during WWII. Others will be published as they are completed. This work includes all decorations cited in the general orders of the 112 th Cavalry Regiment. Please note that some decorations to members of the 112 th Cavalry Regiment may have been cited in general orders of other commands. This index lists members of the 112 th Cavalry Regiment that were awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge or the Combat Medic Badge by the 112 th Cavalry Regiment. Combat Infantryman Badges and Combat Medic Badges are important, since the recipients of these badges are retroactively entitled to a Bronze Star Medal under Change 13 to Army Regulation 600-45, Department of the Army, 4 November 1947. I have made no attempt to list the Unit Awards, awards of specific Battle Stars, or Good Conduct Medals. Some of the general orders issued during 1943 and 1944, contain the medal numbers awarded to living recipients. When the medal number was included in the general order, it also appears in this work after the decoration abbreviation and prefixed by the “#” sign. A few of the medal numbers awarded were rescinded in later general orders when the specific medals could not be presented to the recipients, due to the recipients being hospitalized, wounded or captured. To eliminate confusion, the rescinded medal numbers are not included in this work. The 112 th Cavalry Regiment awarded the Expert Infantryman Badges “for satisfactory performance of duty in action against the enemy.” The Expert Infantryman Badge in this respect seemed to have been issued as a junior award to the Combat Infantryman Badge. I have listed these awards of the Expert Infantryman Badge, as they may be convertible to a Bronze Star Medal under the change to Army Regulation 600-45 cited above. The Expert Infantryman Badge is a non-combat proficiency badge; the 112 th Cavalry Regiment use of the Expert Infantryman Badge in this context is unusual. How to read the sources: (GO#12,1945,112CAV) is broken down as “GO” (General Order), “#” (Number 12, 1945), “12CAV” (12 th Cavalry Regiment). The 112 th Cavalry Regiment fought as a regimental combat team during World War II. The regimental combat team headquarters also issued general orders. General orders issued by this headquarters are listed in the following fashion (GO#12,1945,112CAVRCT). Initially the regimental combat team was referred to Headquarters, US Forces APO 323. General orders issued by this command are listed in the following fashion (GO#3,1944,USForcesAPO323). Since the regimental combat team was commanded by a brigadier general t are a few Silver Star Medals cited in the earlier general orders issued by his command. The following general order is missing from the files at the National Archives: (GO#4,1943,USFAPO323) Every effort has been made to minimize errors and misspelled names. An error may be attributable to the source document, or may have occurred while transcribing the names/units. Some of the original documents are of very poor print quality, making them difficult to decipher. Corrections with supporting documentation can be sent to D-Day Militaria. Contact ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please NOTE that my books are printed on demand. Your or... read more

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