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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLIRight sends us the news that oldest living cavalryman, Andy Andreasen, has passed at the ripe young age of 96. A lot of history is gone with him apparently. From the 11th ACR (Blackhorse) website<\/a>;<\/p>\n Andy Andreasen was born in Dazinder, Denmark on March 17, 1916. He died of heart failure and complications on October 5th at the age of 96. Andy joined the Regiment in 1934 as a horse cavalryman, and was with them in 1936 and 1937 as they transitioned to armored cars – he was a crew member on the first armored car of the Regiment. He became an American citizen at age 21 in 1937. <\/p>\n Andy later served in Alaska with the 32nd Infantry and the 4th Infantry, and was with the 4th when World War II broke out. He was in the Battle of Attu (May 11-29, 1943) to retake the Aleutian Islands (part of Alaska) from the Japanese, who had occupied the island since October, 1942. The battle was intensive (often hand to hand) and only 29 of the 2900 Japanese solders survived to surrender, causing the Japanese to surrender their only presence on American soil.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You should go to the link and check out the cool pictures of Andy in the horse Cav. He lived in a period that spanned men arriving in battle on horseback to arriving on the battlefield at 40 miles per hour on 26-ton beasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"