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  • And Connell relates how in 1904 Blanche took a woodcutter's ax to a copy of Otto Becker's 1895 lithograph of Custer's Last Stand, which at the time was hanging in the Kansas State Historical Society in Fort Riley (the Seventh Cavalry's home fort).

    Son of the Morning Star: Custer and The Little Bighorn, by Evan S. Connell (1984) 2008

  • David Rozelle, 33, who lost part of his right leg to an antitank mine in 2003, will return as commander of the Third Armored Cavalry's regimental headquarters.

    Back To The Front 2008

  • Griffin says he's learned to read certain "indicators of well-being" in his area of operation — how well stocked the local market is, for example — which helps troops of the 1-75 Cavalry's Charlie Company assess the level of stress among residents.

    A Gun in One Hand, A Pen in the Other 2008

  • The former Private First Class, in the Army's 7Th Cavalry's Troop G, hopes that his campaign would "make people think and realize World War II was not fought and won solely by white males."

    Roberto Lovato: Saving Private Ramos 2008

  • As the 2-14 Cavalry's civil-affairs officer, he makes cash grants to build schools and clinics in Tall Afar.

    ORPHANS OF TALL AFAR 2007

  • The issue of "combat refusal", and official euphemism for disobedience of orders to fight -- the soldier's gravest crime – has only recently been again precipitated on the frontier of Laos by Troop B, 1st Cavalry's mass refusal to recapture their captain's command vehicle containing communication gear, codes and other secret operation orders.

    Archive 2004-10-01 2004

  • That strongly suggests that the 7th Cavalry's big artillery in the rear was called forth to punish those firing on Bravo and Charlie companies -- Aaron.

    CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003 2003

  • Army's 7th Cavalry's progress across the border into Iraq -- we just heard an -- what the hell!

    CNN Transcript Mar 20, 2003 2003

  • Ten-twelve a.m. Eastern time, CNN's Walt Rogers reports the Seventh Cavalry's advance toward Baghdad is stalled about 160 miles south of Baghdad after an encounter with Iraqi troops.

    CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003 2003

  • I checked with Air Force personnel, I said, more than one B-52, they said more than a few B-52s were called in to stop that convoy which was moving in the direction of the 7th Cavalry's bridge head.

    CNN Transcript Mar 27, 2003 2003

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