XIII CORPS (AR) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A red triangle within a green cloverleaf enclosed in a circle of olive drab Lineage Constituted in the Organized Reserves as XIII Army Corps 29 July 1921 Activated 7 December 1942 at Providence, Rhode Island (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Returned to United States: July 1945 XIV CORPS (AR) .2 December 1943 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Gray shield in the center of which is a blue saltire and a red caltrop Lineage Constituted in the Organized Reserves as XIV Army Corps 29 July 1921 Activated 19 December 1942 at Brownwood, Texas Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 2 September 1945) Returned to United States: December 1945 XV CORPS (RA) .January 1943 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: An olive drab circle edged in blue containing the Roman numeral X in blue and the Roman numeral V in white Lineage Constituted in the Organized Reserves as XV Army Corps 29 July 1921 Activated 15 February 1943 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana Inactivated 31 March 1946 in Germany Withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps 21 February 1951 and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 1 March 1951 at Camp Polk, Louisiana Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Commanders: Lt Gen Wade H. Haislip (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Inactivated in Germany: 31 March 1946 XVI CORPS (RA) .February 1943 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: An olive drab shield, edged in blue, and containing a whiteedged blue caltrop and a white compass rose Lineage Constituted in the Organized Reserves as XVI Army Corps 29 July 1921 Activated 7 December 1943 at Fort Riley, Kansas Inactivated 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey Withdrawn from the Organized Reserves 10 May 1951, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Sendai, Japan Maj Gen John B. Anderson Commanders: (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Returned to United States: December 1945 Unit Histories .4 January 1944 History of the XVI Corps From Its Activation to the End of the War in Europe. The Infantry Journal Press, Washington, D. C., 1947. XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS (RA) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A blue-bordered white diamond containing a blue dragon's head Lineage Activated in the Regular Army as II Armored Corps 17 June 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana Redesignated XVIII Corps 9 October 1943 Redesignated XVIII Airborne Corps 25 August 1944 Maj Gen Matthew B. Ridgway (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Returned to United States: July 1945 XIX CORPS (AUS) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A white-bordered blue circle containing tomahawk with a red tassel Lineage .27 August 1944 8 white Indian Activated in the AUS as III Armored Corps 7 July 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana Overseas: January 1944 COMBAT RECORD World War II Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe Commanders: Maj Gen Willis D. Crittenberger Maj Gen Charles H. Corlett Lt Gen Raymond S. McLain (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Disbanded in Europe: 5 September 1945 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Two pairs of crossed, golden crampons within a blue shield bordered first in gold and then in red Lineage Activated in the Army of the United States as IV Armored Corps 5 September 1942 at Camp Young, Indio, California Redesignated XX Corps 10 October 1943 Inactivated 1 March 1946 in Germany Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Commanders: Maj Gen Walton H. Walker (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Inactivated in Germany: 1 March 1946 Unit Histories .5 September 1942 .15 April 1945 The XX Corps, Its History and Service in World War II, prepared and written by XX Corps personnel. Mainichi Publishing Company, Osaka, Japan, 1951. XXI CORPS (AUS) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A blue four-leaf clover within an olive drab square; the clover contains a white-edged red acorn over crossed white arrows Lineage Activated in the Army of the United States 6 December 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana Inactivated 30 September 1945 in Germany (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Inactivated in Germany: 30 September 1945 XXII CORPS Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A blue pheon on an arrow-shaped background .31 December 1943 Lineage Activated in the Army of the United States 15 January 1944 at Camp Campbell, Kentucky Inactivated in Germany 20 January 1946 Disbanded 12 July 1950 .23 January 1945 (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Inactivated in Germany: 20 January 1946 XXIII CORPS Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: An oval-shaped field, the upper half in blue and the lower half in white containing three crossed, upward pointing, arrows Lineage Activated in the Army of the United States 15 January 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas Inactivated 10 February 1946 at Wildungen, Germany Disbanded 12 July 1950 Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A blue shield containing a white heart on which a blue heart is outlined Lineage Activated in the Army of the United States 8 April 1944 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii (Commanding corps at termination of hostilities, 2 September 1945) Inactivated in Korea: 25 January 1949 .9 April 1944 COMBAT RECORD OF DIVISIONS, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, AND KOREAN WAR, WITH LINEAL HISTORY TO 30 JUNE 1957 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION (RA) Nickname: The Red One; The Fighting First a Slogan: No Mission Too Difficult; No Sacrifice Too Great; Duty First Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Red Arabic numeral 1 on solid olive drab background Organized 8 June 1917 as First Expeditionary Division Redesignated 1st Infantry Division 11 July 1941 Overseas: June 1917 COMBAT RECORD Campaigns: Montdidier-Noyon, Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine, Picardy ↳ NOTE: The term "nickname" in this text denotes a title established by common usage and its inclusion does not mean that it has Department of the Army approval. The term "traditional designation" signifles that the title has the approval of and is a matter of record in the Office of the Chief of Military History in accordance with the provisions of AR 220-305. b Streamers awarded for action against the enemy not in connection with a named campaign. Name of campaign taken from province in which the action occurred. Casualties: 22,320; killed in action-3,730; wounded in action-18,590; died of wounds-1,266 Commanders: Brig Gen William L. Sibert Maj Gen William L. Sibert Maj Gen Robert L. Bullard Maj Gen Charles P. Summerall Brig Gen Frank Parker .8 June 1917 27 June 1917 .14 December 1917 (Commanding division at termination of hostilities, 11 November 1918) Returned to United States: August 1919 Overseas: August 1942 World War II .15 July 1918 .18 October 1918 Campaigns: Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead), Tunisia, Sicily (with arrowhead), Normandy (with arrowhead), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Casualties: 20,659; KIA-3,616; WIA-15,208; DOW-664 (Commanding division at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Returned to United States: July 1955 Decorations June 1942 July 1943 .13 December 1944 17 March 1945 Streamer, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, embroidered KASSERINE (World War II) Streamer, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, embroidered NORMANDY (World War II) Fourragere in the colors of the French Croix de Guerre (1939-1945) (World War II) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at MONS (World War II) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at EUPEN-MALMEDY (World War II) Belgian Fourragere (1940) (World War II) Unit Histories The First Division, by Henry Russell Miller. Crescent Press, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1920. History of the First Division during the World War, 1917-1919, compiled by the Society of the First Division. John C. Winston Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1922. "Let's Go," 10 Years' Retrospect of the World War, by George Dudley Bogert. H. S. Crocker Company, San Francisco, California, 1927. 1st Division, Summary of Operations in the World War, prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1944. Danger Forward, the Story of the First Division in World War II, by H. R. Knickerbocker. Albert Love Enterprises, Atlanta, Georgia, 1948. Doughboy Chaplain, by Captain Edward K. Rogers. Meador Publishing Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1946. Memorial Album, Pictorial History of the 1st Division, prepared and published by the Society of the First Division, San Diego, California, 1950. 37th Anniversary 1917-1954, First Infantry Division. Stars & Stripes, Darmstadt, Germany, 1954. 2D INFANTRY DIVISION (RA) Nickname: Indian Head Division a Slogan: Second to None Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: Red Indian head in full head-dress of black tipped white eagle feathers on a white star superimposed on a black shield Lineage Organized as 2d Division 26 October 1917 at Bourmont, Haute-Marne, France COMBAT RECORD World War I Overseas: October 1917 Campaigns: Aisne, Ile-de-France, St. Mihiel, Lorraine, Meuse-Argonne (Commanding division at termination of hostilities, 11 November 1918) Returned to United States: July-August 1919 Overseas: October 1943 World War II a See footnote a to 1st Infantry Division. b See footnote b to 1st Infantry Division. e DOW figures are included in WIA figures. Total battle casualty figure for WW I includes KIA and WIA only; for WW II and Korea it includes KIA, WIA, captured, and missing. Sources: WW I-Sec of War Rpt, 1926; WW II-Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II, 7 Dec 41-31 Dec 46. Final Report, DA; Korea-Battle Casualties of the Army, 30 Sept 54, OACS G-1. DA. Campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe Casualties: 16,795; KIA-3,031; WLA-12,785; DOW—457 Commanders: Maj Gen Walter M. Robertson (Commanding division at termination of hostilities, 8 May 1945) Returned to United States: July 1945 Overseas: July 1950 Korea May 1942 Campaigns: UN defensive, UN offensive, CCF intervention, First UN counteroffensive, Commanders: Maj Gen Laurence B. Keiser Brig Gen Thomas E. DeShazo Maj Gen Robert N. Young Maj Gen James C. Fry Maj Gen William L. Barriger (Commanding division at termination of hostilities 27 July 1953) Returned to United States: October 1954 Decorations .8 July 1950 7 December 1950 .14 January 1951 .1 September 1951 .20 September 1951 4 May 1952 .17 May 1952 .5 May 1953 Streamer, Distinguished Unit Citation, embroidered HONGCHON (Korean War) Two streamers, French Croix de Guerre, with Palms, embroidered AISNE-MARNE and MEUSE-ARGONNE (World War I) Fourragere in the colors of the French Croix de Guerre (World War I) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES (World War II) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action on ELSENBORN CREST (World War II) Belgian Fourragere (1940) (World War II) Streamer, Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, embroidered NAKTONG RIVER LINE (Korean War) Unit Histories Leaves from a War Diary, by Maj Gen James G. Harbord. Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, New York, 1925. The Second Division, American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1917-1919, by Oliver L. Spaulding. Hillman Press, Inc., New York, New York, 1937. 2d Division, Summary of Operations in the World War, prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1944. Combat History of the Second Infantry Division in World War II. Army & Navy Publishing Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1946. The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 1950-1951, by Clark C. Munroe. Toppan Printing Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1952. The Second United States Infantry Division in Korea, 1951-1952, by Joseph R. May. Toppan Printing Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1953. The Second United States Infantry in Korea, 1 Jan 53-31 Dec 53, by William W. Barnett, James J. Daly. Toppan Printing Company, Tokyo, Japan, 1954. Second to None, the Story of the 2d Infantry Division, by Bruce Jacobs. Saga Magazine, February 1955. Nickname: Marne Division Slogan: Nous Resterons La! 3D INFANTRY DIVISION (RA) Shoulder Sleeve Insignia: A square containing three diagonal white stripes on a dark blue field Campaigns: Aisne, Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Champagne b (Commanding division at termination of hostilities, 11 November 1918) Returned to United States: August 1919 Overseas: November 1942 World War II ■ See footnote a to 1st Infantry Division. b See footnote b to 1st Infantry Division. |