| XIX Corps | |
|---|---|
 XIX Corps Shoulder Sleeve Insignia | |
| Active |
1942-1945 1950-1968 |
| Country |
 United States |
| Branch |
 United States Army |
| Type | Army Corps |
| Anniversaries | 14 June 1944 |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Willis D. Crittenberger Charles H. Corlett Raymond S. McLain |
| U.S. Corps (1939 - Present) | |
|---|---|
| Previous | Next |
| XVIII Airborne Corps (United States) | XX Corps (United States) |
XIX Corps was constituted as the III Armored Corps at Camp Polk, Louisiana on 7 July 1942 under the command of Major General Willis D. Crittenberger. It was activated on 20 August the same year at Camp Polk. It was retitled as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps, on 10 October 1943. It fought as part of the First and Ninth U.S. Armies in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns 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.
| Organization: XIX Corps on March 1, 1945 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Army Group | Army | Corps | Division |
| 21st Montgomery |
Ninth Army Simpson |
XIX Corps Corlett |
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. http://www.history.army.mil/documents/elbe-fm.htm. – History of the unit and organization from WWII
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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
The original article can be found at XIX Corps (United States) and the edit history here.