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That's one major difference between American and British military tradition - theirs dates back over hundreds of years. We still have the 3rd Infantry Regiment (the Old Guard), the 7th Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Cavalry Division and the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, among others.
Air Force-wise (which I'm more familiar with), we have the 334th, 335th and 336th Fighter Squadrons of the 4th Fighter Wing, which are direct descendants of the RAF's No. 71, 121 and 133 Eagle Squadrons of WWII, the First Fighter Squadron, whose lineage originates in WWI. There's a Reserve squadron - the 307th, I think - that is a lineal descendant of the Tuskeegee Airmen squadrons.
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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well known.
Alpha Alpha (University of Oklahoma) Chapter, #814, 1984
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