2nd Cavalry Division

The 2nd Cavalry Division was a unit of the United States Army first activated in 1941. Originally organized as a segregated African American cavalry division, it was comprised largely of the 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments, known as the "Buffalo Soldiers." Despite its formation during World War II, the division primarily served stateside, training at Fort Clark, Texas, and was never deployed overseas in combat. The division was inactivated in 1944, as the Army shifted away from horse-mounted units toward mechanized and armored forces.