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XXIII Corps (United States)

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80: 62: 35: 211:. It was then activated 15 January 1944 at Camp Bowie, Texas, and after fighting in Europe, inactivated 10 February 1946 in Germany. It was then allotted 12 December 1946 to the Organized Reserves, and activated 24 January 1947 at Chicago, Illinois. But it left the force through being redesignated 18 August 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 196:
XXIII Corps served primarily as an occupation and military government force around Trier, Koblenz, and areas of western Germany (the southern area of what was termed the "Rhineprovince Military District") to the south from April 1945. The corps command post was at
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As of 10 May 1945, units subordinated to the XXIII Corps included the 28th Infantry Division, the 54th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade, and the 214th, 425th, and 426th Field Artillery Groups.
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traced its recent history to the activation of XXIII Corps Artillery on 1 October 1959. XXIII Corps Artillery disappeared on 1 November 1980 when its HHB became HHC, 149th Armored Brigade.
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Fifteenth Army, Public Relations Section. Fifteenth US. Army in Germany, 16 April-10 July 1945. 652d Engineer Topographic Battalion, 1945.
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Wilson, John B., compiler (1999). "Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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Ziemke, Earl F., (1990). "The U.S. Army in the Occupation of Germany, 1944–1946". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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The original Headquarters and Headquarters Battery of XXIII Corps Artillery was constituted on 9 January 1944 in the
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After the end of the war the corps was inactivated on 10 February 1946 in Germany and disbanded on 12 July 1950.
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then traces its history to the XXIII Corps Artillery being constituted again on 15 September 1953 in the
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U. S. Army (1946). "History of the Fifteenth United States Army". Engineer Base Plant 248.
250: 201:. The area occupied by XXIII Corps was turned over to the French Army on 10 July 1945. 198: 393: 353:, US Army Center of Military History (CMH), 12 December 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016. 67: 366:
Stanton, Shelby L., (1991). "World War II Order of Battle". New York: Galahad Books.
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Lists the Fifteenth Army PRS and U.S. Army (1946) references immediately above.
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Janice E. McKenney, Field Artillery Part 1: Army Lineage Series, 20.
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149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Lineage and Honors Information
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946
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XXIII Corps (Union Army)

Shoulder sleeve insignia
United States
United States Army
Corps
World War II
XXII Corps (United States)
XXIV Corps (United States)
corps
United States Army
Camp Bowie
Texas
World War II
European Theater of Operations
Fifteenth Army
Idar-Oberstein
Army of the United States
XIV Corps
138th Field Artillery Brigade
Kentucky Army National Guard
149th Armored Brigade
Louis A. Craig
James I. Muir
Jesmond D. Balmer
James A. Van Fleet
Hugh J. Gaffey
Frank W. Milburn
Edwin P. Parker Jr.
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