European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse A world War i put Jay Hawker troops in the trenches of France where they helped the Allied surge to Victory. By Glenn Mays staff writer after a quiet activation in re Miremont France in 1918 the s Vii corps stormed to Fame in two world wars and remains today Stalwart Sentinel in maintaining the peace in of the Vii corps the Jay Hawker a have distinguished themselves on the battlefields of world War i. At Utal Beach Cologne and Aachen filling Many pages of american wartime the West German czechoslovak Ian Border is Vii corps major i its part in the Nat today the year with Ceren near Stuttgart battalions an the corps will t anniversary. Major elements i the 3rd inf div Tugade of the 24th i army Gen. John j. Pershing called on Vii corps in Germany to present awards in 1919. Page 12 troopers of Vii corps Ltd the Way on Utah Bach during Normandy in the stars and stripes army today s Vii corps boasts the newest tools of War such As this self propelled 175mm Cannon Here in position at Vilseck testing Range in Germany. Tant Vigil Byas it plays 3 i ites its 50thbarracks is from 68s within the Golden corps include div 3rd Bri 35th, 72nd and 210th arty groups. 540th eng group 34th signal in 16th aviation in and the 2nd army cavalry regt rein forced with the 14th army cavalry regt s 2nd Squadron. The 2nd Cay ele ment is the oldest of its Type Active in the army today. Known As the eyes and ears of the corps the 2nd Cav has 132 years of experience and is campaigns behind unit began with the Seminole Indian War and later fought under Gen. Zach Ary Taylor in the mexican War. After the civil War the regiment re turned to Indian duty in the West where kit Carson was a regimental scout in the unit. It later joined the Teddy Roose velt rough riders in Cuba. In 1918 the 2nd Cav came to Europe As the Only american mounted cavalry unit in world War i. The Vii corps probably made its most famous entries in the history books Dur ing world War n. Jay hawkers were among the first Allied troops to hit the beaches of Normandy in 1m4. As the continued their fighting across the continent Vii corps troops took timely Vic m tories at Cherbourg Aachen Liege an Cologne. The Jay hawkers also saw duty in the Battle of the bulge at Bastogne. The corps first Headquarters in world War ii was a 10-Fobt-Square room in the it. Mcclellan ala., Post headquarter building. To j. A. Fagel was the entire corps when it was reactivated in 1940,and the total equipment was a table and a chair. That changed quickly and on june 6,1944, Jayhawk troopers pounded across the Sands of Utah Beach and continue across Europe writing history As they went. \ so Cologne fell to Jayhawk Ert in closing stages of world War ii. Constant training keeps Vii corps units from tankers to engineers in top shop. 9 no the stars and stripes
