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WITH THE 101st CAVALRY IN WORLD WAR II
1940-1945
In October 1943 the regiment was given the mission of guarding the Chesapeake Bay Sector of the Eastern Defense Command which extended from the eastern shore of Maryland to South Carolina. Regimental Headquarters was established at Camp Ashby, Virginia, a former prisoner of war camp in back of Virginia Beach. Camp Ashby became known as "Camp Swampy". 1st Squadron Headquarters was stationed at Camp >>>Branch, North Carolina and the ***2nd Squadron Headquarters at Somerset, Maryland****. This mission entailed the establishment of scattered look‑out posts along the beaches and continuous patrolling in between them. Ironically one stretch of coastline south of Virginia Beach had previously been patrolled by Coast Guard men mounted on horses, but was now covered by ex‑ horse soldiers on foot.
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