Military Army Corps Patches History 2

The headquarters above the division is the corps.  A corps consists of a corps headquarters, corps troops, and such divisions as may be assigned to it.  The corps headquarters is designed so that a single commander can coordinate and control the combat operations of two or more divisions.

Information extracted from the book "US ARMY PATCHES"  by Barry Jason Stein

USED BY PERMISSION

XI Corps

The design is based on the "Bunker Hill flag," the origin of which dates from 1747.

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Organized June 1942 in Chicago, Illinois.  Red, white, and blue are the national colors.  The eleven dots on the two dice represent the XI United States Army Corps.  The dice both represent the natural gamble taken by all combatants in warfare and, with the number eleven, a so-called natural winning combination in the game of dice, symbolize a winning unit.

Campaigns:  World War II (New Guinea, Luzon, Southern Philippines).

XII Corps

Organized January 1934 in New York, New York.  The design, approved in 1923, is that of blades of a windmill superimposed on a shield of the city of New Amsterdam (old name for New York) in the Dutch colors of orange and blue.  New York was the original location of the corps.

Campaigns:  World War II (Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes - Alsace, Central Europe).

XIII Corps

Organized in 1942 at Providence, Rhode Island.  The four-leaf clover is a symbol of good luck and the four leaves mark an "X."  The three states in the corps' area, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, where the unit was initially allotted, are represented by the triangle.  The three sides of the triangle together with the green "X" indicate the numerical designation.  The color red alludes to the first English settlers in Virginia.

Campaigns:  World War II (Rhineland, Central Europe).

XIV Corps

Organized in 1942 at Brownwood, Texas.  The shield is gray, and the blue saltire is from the Confederate battle flag indicating the unit's origin in the Deep South.  The cross, forming the roman numeral ten, and the points on the caltrop total the numerical designation of the corps.

Campaigns:  World War II (Guadalcanel, Northern Solomons, Bismarck Archipelago, Luzon).

XV Corps

The roman numeral fifteen represents the units' designation.  Blue and white are corps' colors.

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Organized in 1943 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana.  The saltire and chevron represent the roman numeral fifteen which is the unit's designation; blue and white are colors associated with corps.

Campaigns:  World War II (Normandy, Northern France, Rhiineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe).

XVI Corps

Organized in 1943 at Fort Riley, Kansas.  Blue and white are corps' colors; the compass rose is indicative of the readiness of the corps' personnel to serve their country in any part of the world.

Campaigns:  World War II (Rhineland, Central Europe).

XVIII Corps

Prior to becoming an airborne corps, the Eighteenth wore this patch in the position shown.

XVIII Abn. Corps

Activated in January 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana.  The dragon's head represents cunning, endurance, and ferocity against enemies and is symbolic both of the strategic and attack capabilities of the corps.

Campaigns:  World War II (Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe), Armed Forces Expeditions (Grenada, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait).

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The design of a red mission bell represents the western states, the territory to which the corps was allocated.  The colors red and yellow indicate the original Spanish settlements of the western states.

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Activated in August 1942 at Camp Polk, Louisiana.  In April 1944 General Dwight David Eisenhower signed a statement stating that a design of "American significance" was desired by the commander of the XIX Corps.  The tomahawk is one of the most American of symbols.  The Indian tomahawk was combined with a peace pipe and was thus ceremonially representative of war or peace.  In the peace ceremony the blade was buried and the peace pipe smoked, while in war it was used as a weapon rather than as a pipe.

Campaigns:  World War II (Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe).

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This design was worn by most troops after the arrival of the corps in Europe (28 January 1944).  The design was officially approved on 10 March 1949.