US army horse cavarly in WW-2

IIRC the US army had horse cavalry ( what a name! ) in the Philipinnes and that will have been used to maintain colonial rule. I don't think they will have been of significant utility when war came and carrying horses to other fronts looks like waste. I imagine that mules might have been used for transport, perhaps in SE Asia and not in Normandy, but that's not cavalry. The British army used mules in Hong Kong until about 1970, iirc.
The Germans had horses in Normandy. A neighbor of my parents was a German who was called up during the war and survived amongst the horses, I think near Falaise, as one of the few men of his unit. But I think those horses were for transport too.

Here are some excellent links about the US Army Calvary in WWII..google is your friend.

U.S. Horse Cavalry, 1941: 11th U.S. Cavalry (Commemorative), A Troop

1st Cavalry Division History - WW II, Pacific 1941 - 1945

Military History Online - US Army in World War II

In addition to the mechanized cavalry, the US Army fielded a number of horse-cavalry units during the war, including the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions and the 56th Cavalry Brigade with the 112th and 124th Cavalry Regiments (Texas National Guard), and the 26th Cavalry Regiment (Philippine Scouts). Of these, only the 26th Cavalry fought mounted, during the Campaign in the Philippines in 1941 and 1942. The 1st Cavalry Division, the 112th and 124th Cavalry all were sent to the Pacific, where they fought dismounted as infantry. Finally, the 2nd Cavalry Division was originally activated in April 1941 as a racially mixed division, with one 'Colored' Cavalry Brigade and one 'White' Cavalry Brigade. It was inactivated in July 1942 only to be reactivated in February 1943 as a 'Colored' Division. It was sent to North Africa where it was inactivated again in May 1944 with its personnel reassigned to service and engineer labor units.

thanks!