XIX Corps (United States)

III Armored Corps XIX Corps
XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	1942–1945 1950–1968
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Type	Corps
Anniversaries	14 June 1944
Engagements	World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Willis D. Crittenberger Charles H. Corlett Raymond S. McLain

Not to be confused with XIX Corps (Union Army).

XIX Corps was a corps-sized formation of the United States Army, initially allocated to the Organized Reserves in California and seven other western and northwestern states. Meanwhile, the Headquarters, III Armored Corps was formed at Camp Polk, Louisiana on July 7, 1942 under the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger during World War II. It was activated on August 20 the same year at Camp Polk. The XIX Corps was officially disbanded on October 1, 1943 from the Organized Reserves. On October 10, 1943, the Headquarters, III Armored Corps was reorganized and re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps which formed the activated XIX Corps. It fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front of World War II. Disbanded on 5 September 1945 in France, it was reconstituted on 12 July 1950 in the Army of the United States. It was allotted to the Regular Army in October 1959 and activated on 1 November that year at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. It was inactivated on 1 April 1968 at Fort Chaffee.

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  III Armored Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
  August 20, 1942 - October 10, 1943
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  XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

  October 2, 1935 - October 1, 1943
  Organized Reserve Unit
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  XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

  October 1943 - March 10, 1949
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  XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

  After March 10, 1949
  This patch unofficially began use around January 1944 and was the primary patch used during WWII

Organization: XIX Corps on 1 March 1945
Army Group	Army	Corps	Division
21st Montgomery	Ninth Army Simpson	XIX Corps McLain	2nd Armored Division
			29th Infantry Division
			30th Infantry Division
			83rd Infantry Division

Further reading

• Lt. Houcek. Elbe Operation with 2d Armored Division and 83d Infantry Division. European Theater of Operations. United States Army Center of Military History Historical Manuscripts Collection 8-3.1 am. – History of the unit and organization from World War II

External links

• www.xixcorps.nl

• https://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/60/60-7.html

Attribution

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.: John B. Wilson, Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades, Washington: GPO, 1999