This deployment included training the Iraqi Police, incapacitating HVT's, and raiding known insurgence hideouts and weapon caches.
After briefly deploying to the Naples region of Italy they were almost immediately rerouted to the United Kingdom in preparation of Operation Overlord (D Day).
They supported the 9th Infantry Division operations in vicinity of Monschau and Hofen, Germany, fought in Rötgen/Hürtgen Forest region in October and elements deployed in first days of Battle of the Bulge to stop German advance.
The unit was not lacking in heroism during this time with two Medal of Honor recipients one being the aforementioned Herschel Floyd Briles and the other is Horace Marvin Thorne.
CPL Thorne received the Medal of Honor posthumously for the following: The Squadron as the 899th would continue to fight through Europe upgrading from M10 to M36 tank destroyers along the way.
The first elements crossed into Remagen bridgehead on 8 March and joined the attack on Ruhr Pocket in April moving east into Harz Mountains.
[3] On 13 August 2006, the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment deployed with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) to South Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06–08.
During the 15-month deployment, the Squadron secured the main supply route into Baghdad, killed 12 insurgents, captured 198 (including 2BCT HVT #1), and uncovered 57 caches, ensuring that thousands of munitions stayed out of enemy hands.
Initially scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in November 2009, the First Squadron, 89th Cavalry received orders to return to Iraq that October.
The 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment deployed along with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (LI) to Southeast Baghdad on 18 October 2009 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 09–10.
Alpha Troop, through operation "Golden Warrant," captured several high value targets resulting in improved security for the local Iraqi civilian population.
During Operation Eye Drop, Bravo Troop air assaulted onto land suspected to contain insurgents smuggling weapons and personnel into Baghdad.
The combined efforts of the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment resulted in the continued steady decline of sectarian violence throughout the region and contributed to the security and stability of the area.
In the closing weeks of the deployment, The 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment secured 400 square kilometers of terrain in support of 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division's retrograde throughout the Wolverine's operating environment.
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