The United States Army National Guard's 24th Cavalry Division was created from the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It numbered in succession of the Regular Army Divisions, which were not all active at its creation. Going into World War 2, the US Army Cavalry

United States Cavalry

The United States Cavalry, or U.S. Cavalry, is the designation of the mounted force of the United States Army. The role of the U.S. Cavalry is reconnaissance, security and mounted assault. Cavalry has served as a part of the Army forces in every war in which the United States has participated...

 was contained 3 Regular, 4 National Guard, and 6 Organized Reserve cavalry divisions as well as one independent cavalry brigade.

The 24th Cavalry Division was geographically dispersed across the United States. The division was composed of personnel from the Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming National Guards.

Organization

• Headquarters & Headquarters Troop
• 57th Cavalry Brigade
  • 113th Cavalry Regiment
    U.S. 113th Cavalry Regiment
    The 113th Cavalry Regiment is a cavalry regiment originating as an Iowa National Guard unit with history tracing back to the 19th century Indian Wars.-History:...
    
     (Iowa National Guard
    Iowa Army National Guard
    The Iowa Army National Guard is the Army component of the Iowa National Guard, a military reserve force with dual federal and state missions. It is empowered to function in a state status if needed to carry out limited actions during non-emergency situations all the way to full scale law...
    
    )
  • 114th Cavalry Regiment (Kansas National Guard)
• 58th Cavalry Brigade
  • 115th Cavalry Regiment (Wyoming National Guard)
  • 116th Cavalry Regiment  (Idaho National Guard
    Idaho Army National Guard
    The Idaho Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. Nationwide, the Army National Guard comprises approximately one half of the US Army's available combat forces and approximately one third of its support organization...
    
    )
• 168th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  168th Field Artillery Regiment (United States)
  The 168th Field Artillery Regiment is a Field Artillery regiment of the Army National Guard.-History:Unfortunately this number has been used twice, but at different time periods. once by Colorado, and once by Nebraska...
  
  
• 24th Tank Company
• 24th Signal Troop

Regiments

• 113th Cavalry Regiment
• 114th Cavalry Regiment
• 115th Cavalry Regiment
• 116th Cavalry Regiment
• 168th Field Artillery Regiment

See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Armor and Cavalry Regiments
  This page has been split as follows:* Coats of arms of U.S. Armor Regiments* Coats of arms of U.S. Cavalry Regiments-See also:* commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army* Corps insignia of the United States Army...
  
  
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments
  Coats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...