Many people believe that with World War I, the horse became a relic of the past. This belief is understandable. More than any other war; the deadly stalemate of World War I proved that muscle and sinew could not resist the crushing force of modern mechanized war or chemical weapons. Nevertheless, while the horse faded from the battlefields of Western Europe, it did not become completely obsolete. The final charge of the U.S. Army Cavalry would take place in the Philippines during World War II. This historic charge pitted the exhausted 26th Cavalry Regiment against a vastly superior enemy force. This podcast will examine final charge – an event many historians have called a fitting tribute to the legacy of the U.S. Army Cavalry.
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