Robert M. Shoemaker
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Robert Morin Shoemaker was a United States Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command. He is also an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame.
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The 9th Cavalry Regiment is a parent cavalry regiment of the United States Army. Historically, it was one of the Army's four segregated African-American regiments and was part of what was known as the
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…Division (Airmobile). In July 1965 he was given command of 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment. In December 1965, he assumed command of 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, which was the only air cavalry squadron in the Army at the time. Shoemaker returned to the United States and, following a tour at the Pentagon, he…
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Captain and troopers of the 9th Cavalry, 1880. A Signal Corps sergeant is in the foreground.
The 9th and 10th cavalry in the Battle of Las Guasimas, Cuba, 1898.
A rifle squad from the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry exiting from a UH-1D