2^nd Cavalry Regiment

The 2nd Cavalry Regiment's World War II record as a regiment of the 2nd Cavalry Division was a stateside mobilization record rather than a combat record. The division was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, on April 1, 1941, with the 2nd Cavalry assigned under the 3rd Cavalry Brigade. In August 1941 the division moved to participate in the Second-Third Army Maneuvers, part of the Army's prewar effort to test large formations, mobility, communications, and command arrangements before the United States entered the war.

After the maneuvers the division returned to Fort Riley on October 4, 1941. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the rapid wartime expansion of armored, infantry, and service forces soon overtook the Army's prewar horse-cavalry division plans. The 2nd Cavalry Division did not deploy overseas in this form and was inactivated on July 15, 1942. No combat actions, campaign credits, or casualties are identified for the regiment in its 2nd Cavalry Division assignment.