16 Oct 2011
Memorial Planned For US Mounted Special Forces
9/11, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Horses, Mounted US Specual Forces, Uncategorized, War on Terror
A memorial to mounted US troops who accompanied Northern Alliance forces in the conquest of Afghanistan, providing direction and support to fighters allied with the US in avenging the 9/11 attacks, will be installed in the vicinity of Ground Zero on Veteran’s Day.
Afghanistan demonstrated that the world features plenty of terrain impracticable for motorized transportation, proving that the age of horse-mounted military operations will never really be over. The closing of the US Army Cavalry School at Fort Riley in 1947 was proven in 2001 to have been premature.
Hat tip to Karen L. Myers.