Battle of Honey Springs

The 65th Cavalry Division was a cavalry division of the United States Army Organized Reserves. It was created due to the perceived need for additional cavalry units. It was numbered in succession with the Regular Army cavalry divisions, not all of which were active at its creation.

The 65th Cavalry Division was organized in the Mid-Western United States. The division was composed of personnel from Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin.

Organization

In 1940, the division included the following units:^[2]

• Headquarters (Chicago)
• Headquarters, Special Troops (Chicago)
  • Headquarters Troop (Chicago)
  • 65th Signal Troop (Chicago)
  • 585th Ordnance Company (Medium) (Chicago)
  • 465th Tank Company (Light) (Chicago)
• 159th Cavalry Brigade (Chicago)
  • 317th Cavalry Regiment (Chicago)
  • 318th Cavalry Regiment (La Grange)
• 160th Cavalry Brigade (Detroit)
  • 319th Cavalry Regiment (Detroit)
  • 320th Cavalry Regiment (Milwaukee)
• 865th Field Artillery Regiment (Chicago)
• 465th Reconnaissance Squadron (Detroit)
• 465th Quartermaster Squadron (Chicago)
• 405th Engineer Squadron (Chicago)
• 365th Medical Squadron (Chicago)

Notes

References

• Clay, Steven E. (2010a). US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 (PDF). Vol. 2. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. ISBN 9781780399171. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
• Clay, Steven E. (2010b). US Army Order of Battle 1919–1941 (PDF). Vol. 4. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: Combat Studies Institute Press. ISBN 9780984190140.
• Sawicki, James A. (1985). Cavalry regiments of the US Army. Dumfries, Virginia: Wyvern Publications. ISBN 9780960240463.

• Wilson, John B. (1998). Maneuver and Firepower: The Evolution of Divisions and Separate Brigades (PDF). CMH Pub 60–14–1. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2017.