XIX Corps (United States)

XIX Corps

Active 1942-1945
1950-1968
Country United States
Branch U.S. Army
Role Headquarters
Anniversaries 14 June 1944
Engagements World War II
U.S. Corps (1939 - Present)
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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 20 August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. Retitled as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps, on 10 October 1943. 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 5 September 1945 in France. Reconstituted 12 July 1950 in the Army of the United States. Allotted to Regular Army October 1959. Activated 1 November 1959 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 1 April 1968 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.

Organization: XIX Corps on March 1, 1945
Army Group Army Corps Division
21st
Montgomery
9th Army
Simpson
XIX Corps
Corlett
2nd Armored Division
 
29th Infantry Division
 
30th Infantry Division
 
83rd Infantry Division
 

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 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