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[sagehen]

Dave  Wilton writes:
>> "Horse Marines" in the early 1900s would
>> be as unlikely as "airborne cavalry" nowadays.
>
>The point is well taken and I'm sure that "Horse Marines" was intended to be
>silly, but there is in fact "air cavalry" in the US Army nowadays. They use
>helicopters instead of horses.
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I thought I remembered hearing that the old WWI Balloon Corps was part of
the cavalry, but when I mentioned  that to someone recently was told I must
be mistaken.  Now I'm wondering again.
A. Murie


A&M Murie
N. Bangor NY
sagehen at westelcom.com