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Army information


History
Constituted 07.11.1918
Activated 15.11.1918
Demobilized 02.07.1919
Reactivated 15.10.1921
Deactivated 09.08.1932
Reactivated 01.10.1933
Deactivated 01.10.1973
Reactivated 01.12.1982

Campaigns
Normandy WWII
Northern France WWII
Rhineland WWII
Ardennes-Alsace WWII
Central Europe WWII
Saudi Arabia after WWII
Kuwait after WWII

Commanding General (CG)
01.10.1940-15.05.1941 Lt.-Gen. Herbert J. Brees
16.05.1941-02.02.1943 Lt.-Gen. Walter Krueger
16.02.1943-25.01.1944 Lt.-Gen. Courtney H. Hodges
26.01.1944-07.10.1945 Lt.-Gen. George S. Patton (Jr.)
08.10.1945-00.04.1946 Lt.-Gen. Lucian K. Truscott (Jr.)

Other information
Codename Lucky


Attachments

III Corps 31.10.1944-11.02.1945 & 18.04.1945-09.05.1945
V Corps 06.05.1945-09.05.1945
VIII Corps 01.08.1944-05.09.1944 & 21.12.1944-22.04.1945
XII Corps 01.08.1944-09.05.1945
XV Corps 01.08.1944-24.08.1944 & 29.08.1944-29.09.1944
XX Corps 01.08.1944-09.05.1945
1st Infantry Division 06.05.1945-09.05.1945
2nd Infantry Division 06.05.1945-09.05.1945
4th Infantry Division 02.05.1945-06.05.1945
5th Infantry Division 01.08.1945-04.08.1945
26th Infantry Division 28.09.1944-01.10.1944
28th Infantry Division 08.01.1945-09.01.1945
35th Infantry Division 05.08.1944-06.08.1944 & 23.12.1944-24.12.1944
42nd Infantry Division 15.12.1944-24.12.1944
70th Infantry Division 08.04.1945-09.05.1945
71st Infantry Division 08.04.1945-11.04.1945
79th Infantry Division 29.09.1944-25.11.1944
80th Infantry Division 23.08.1944-26.08.1944
86th Infantry Division 19.04.1945-22.04.1945
87th Infantry Division 25.11.1944-04.12.1944
90th Infantry Division 01.08.1944-17.08.1944
95th Infantry Division 10.10.1944-05.02.1945
97th Infantry Division 19.04.1945-22.04.1945 & 06.05.1945-09.05.1945
6th Armored Division 16.09.1944-20.09.1944
7th Armored Division 05.08.1944-10.08.1944
9th Armored Division 06.05.1945-09.05.1945
10th Armored Division 10.10.1944-23.10.1944
13th Armored Division 21.04.1945-22.04.1945
16th Armored Division 17.04.1945-06.05.1945


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