When Pearl Harbor was struck in 1941, the 1st Cavalry Division was assigned to America's southern border. For almost three years, division commander Major General Innis Swift lobbied for the division to be sent overseas to fight the Axis powers. General Swift led the 1st Cavalry Division into World War II, guiding them through training in Australia and New Guinea before the division was engaged in the Admiralty Island Campaign in 1944. Following this, the First Team landed in Leyte and Luzon, helping to liberate the Philippines from Imperial Japan. 

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This page is dedicated to the troopers who fought tenaciously in the pursuit of global freedom, exchanging

sabers for bayonets and horses for jeeps to do so.