3-17th Air Calvary Silver Spurs AH-64D

3-17th Air Calvary Silver Spurs AH-64DFly with the Silver Spurs of 3-17 in this hand crafted AH-64 model. Each model is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide piece you’ll love.The 17th Cavalry Regiment was organized under the provisions of the National Defense Act of 1916 at Ft Bliss, Texas on 30 June 1916, and constituted on 1 July 1916. 3rd Squadron was originally organized as Troop C, 17th Cavalry Regiment on 1 July 1916, and constituted on 9 July 1916.General Pershing had taken his columns into Mexico only a short time before and the need of cavalry troops was pressing. Thirty-two officers and seven hundred ninety-one veterans from the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th and 14th Regiments were transferred as the nucleus of the new regiment. Many of these were recalled from the Punitive Expedition and since all were experienced troopers, little time was spent in whipping the organization into shape.The Regimental Commander, Colonel Williard A. Holbrook, assumed command on 9 July 1916, on which date the men from the 8th Cavalry joined the regiment. Colonel Holbrook held command until he was promoted to the rank of Major General. Colonel Holbrook went on to become the Chief of Cavalry for the United States Army.The Regiment held its first mounted formation on 4 August 1916, and consisted of all fifteen troops and the wagons of the supply Troop. On 14 May 1917, the Regiment received orders for a change of station due to disturbances along the border of Arizona. By 17 May, the Regiment loaded up on trains and traveled from El Paso to arrive at Douglas, Arizona, on the mid-afternoon of 18 May. The Regiment established itself at “Camp Harry J. Jones”, Douglas, Arizona, with outposts near Naco, Arizona (30 miles west along the border), west of town near the C & A Copper Smelter, Forrest, Arizona, and Slaughter’s Ranch (13 miles east).Trouble began in the copper mining districts of Arizona as the union wo

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