The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, formerly 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army currently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas.
Lieutenant Cave J. Couts in 1843 of the "Mounted Rifles"
The regimental accolade
George B. Crittenden; the uniform style is of the Mexican–American War era
William W Loring, who lost an arm in the Mexican–American War with the Mounted Rifleman, seen here as a CSA General
George S. Patton
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George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied
3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
…until 1941. During this period, the regiment became well known throughout the Eastern USA for its horse shows and stunt-riding teams. In July 1932, MAJ George S. Patton was made the executive officer of the 3d Cavalry, which was ordered to Washington by Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur. Patton took command…
Official portrait, 1945
Anne Wilson "Nita" Patton, Patton's sister. She was engaged to John J. Pershing in 1917–1918.
Patton at the Virginia Military Institute
Patton (right) fencing in the modern pentathlon of the 1912 Summer Olympics