17th Cavalry Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia

17TH CAVALRY REGIMENT

17th Cavalry Crest

 

 

 

17th Cavalry Regimental

F Troop 17th Cavalry Website would like to thank Stephen M. Bainbridge of Professor Bainbridge.com www.professorbainbridge.com for his contribution of the following photographs.  They depict his maternal  grandfather, Irwin Gottschall, a trooper in the 17th Cavalry, ca. 1916, in locations including Camp George Douglas AZ and Schofield barracks Hawaii     These are historic and fascinating photos taken during the formation of the 17th Cavalry.   

(Photos on this page are the copyrighted property of Stephen M. Bainbridge
and may not be used without permission. )

 

 
Irwin Gottschall

17th Cavalry Camp George AZ

17th Cavalry

After a wash

Shipboard

On transport heading to Honolulu

Field pack 1912

Diamond Head circa 1919

Diamond Head circa 1919

Cavalry Cat Mascot

Officer's Line Schofield Barracks Hawaii 1919

Schofield Barracks Hawaii 1919

Heading Home

From stern transport to Hawaii 1919

Young Cavalry Trooper and his dog

Hawaii 1919


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