Hello all. I am trying to post some of the photocopied material I received from Rich Einert who was very active in the 106th from a historical perspective. (he was in C Troop and can be found in the unit history listing in the book that was given to the troopers at war's end. My father Ralph Jewell was in B troop). I will likely reply to the OP a couple of times here so as not to have too many attachments. Most of these are photocopied. I will also post some images from original photos I have.
This will be the last of the photocopied information: Note files 81 and 82 I did upload previously. Attached here just in case.
These images are from photos my dad brought home. He was in Camp Livingston and Camp Hood prior to heading overseas: Also, he had a couple of projectiles from his visit to Camp Hood.
I have a photo of the unit. But when I scanned it back in the day, it was too large for the platen. Let me see if I can get a photo of it... But here are a couple of pictures of it to show you what I will try to photograph:
Here is a document I got from Rich Einert showing information about the 106th Cav as they were Illinois National Guard
I attach these in case these give you clues. I have not found the Tribune newspaper that may have had more images. It could be this is the only image. If someone has others, it would be great to see them as it is possible my father may be in the image as the timeframe I believe was correct.
Not exactly what people are looking for, but my dad was a polo player in Chicago 1939 timeframe which made him well suited for cavalry when he joined the Illinois National Guard 106th Black Horse, until they decided to make Cav into "not horses". He told me they tried to train him (I think it was Camp Livingston or could have been Camp Hood) to ride an Indian brand motorcycle, but he had difficulty and did not end up driving one around during the war.
If you go to Youtube you can see a video of the Black Horse troop as they were at training in Camp Livingston just prior to their involvement in the war. 106th Cav 1940 - YouTube
I have some information from a person named Norm Dauerer, dated 1997. He may still be alive. One of the missing docs is a hand written combat log as detailed in his story, which I think was made available at or after their 1997 reunion. This was in my photocopied files. He writes about his involvement with the 106th.