US WW2 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron Grouping

In a very nice condition a hard to find WW2 paper grouping of the US 38th Cavalry Recon Squadron.
The grouping contains a ETO campaign poster from D-Day to VE-Day.
A history booklet of the 38th and a picture of a 38th Cav. R. Sqn truck.
A very nice set.

During World War II, the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron was activated as part of the 1st Cavalry Division on 15 November 1942 at Fort Bliss, Texas. On 21 November 1943, it was redesignated as the 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized) at Exeter, England and assigned to the 102d Cavalry Regiment(Mechanized).

The 38th shipped from the New York Port of Embarkation on 15 November 1943 and arrived in Scotland five days later and disembarked at the Firth of Clyde. Following a period of training in the United Kingdom, it arrived in France on 12 June 1944, shortly after the Normandy invasion. Entered Paris on 25 August 1944 and is recognized as the first American units to enter the capital city. It reached Belgium on 4 September 1944 and Germany on 30 March 1945. In August 1945 it was located at Prestice, Czechoslovakia. Returning to the United States, it was inactivated on 28 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. During the war in Europe, the 38th was attached to the 102nd Cavalry Group

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