308th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

308th Cavalry Regiment
Coat of Arms of the 308th Cavalry Regiment
Active	1917–1918 1921–1942
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Cavalry
Part of	62nd Cavalry Division (1921–1942)
Garrison/HQ	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1923–1942)
Motto(s)	Nunquam non paratus (Never unprepared)
Anniversaries	24 February
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The 308th Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry unit of the United States Army during World War I and the interwar period. It was activated in early 1918 but broken up in the middle of the year to form new artillery units. The unit was recreated as a Pennsylvania Organized Reserve unit during the interwar period, and was converted into a tank destroyer battalion shortly after the United States entered World War II.

Shortly after the United States entered World War I, the regiment was constituted on 18 May 1917 in the National Army, and organized on 24 February 1918 at Camp Harry J. Jones, in Douglas, Arizona. However, it was broken up on 13 September 1918 and its men were used to create the 65th and 66th Field Artillery Regiments, and the 22nd Trench Mortar Battery. The 65th and 66th Field Artillery were demobilized on 22 December 1918 at Camp Kearny, California, preceded by the 22nd Battery on the previous day.

On 15 October 1921, the 65th and 66th Field Artillery and the 22nd Battery were reconstituted as the 308th Cavalry, part of the 154th Cavalry Brigade of the new 62nd Cavalry Division in the Organized Reserve. The regiment was initiated on 10 November 1921, with its headquarters at Cumberland, Maryland, but relocated to western Pennsylvania around October 1922, changing its headquarters to Pittsburgh in 1923. In 1928, members of the 308th built the 308th Cavalry Club in Aspinwall on land owned by the local hospital, with equestrian, pistol, and saber training areas, as a site for inactive training. In July of that year, the regiment conducted its annual summer training with the 52nd Cavalry Brigade at Mount Gretna. On 1 July 1929, the unit was reorganized to consist of three squadrons, and simultaneously all of the 308th's units were moved to Pittsburgh.