III. US-Korps
Der Verband hat mehrere Spitznamen die nebeneinander stehen the Phantom Corps (dt. „Geister Korps“), America's Hammer (dt. „Amerikas Hammer“) und the Counterattack Corps (dt. „Gegenangriffskorps“).
Organisation
Organigramm

Organigramm des III. US-Korps nach Abschluss der
Heeresreform
Unterstellte Verbände und Einheiten
- 1st Armored Division (Fort Bliss, Texas) (nach der Rückkehr aus Deutschland)
- 1st Cavalry Division (Fort Hood, Texas)
- 1st Infantry Division (Fort Riley, Kansas)
- 4th Infantry Division (Fort Carson, Colorado)
- 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Ft Hood, Texas)
- III Corps Artillery (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)
- 41st Fires Brigade (Ft. Hood, Texas)
- 75th Fires Brigade (Ft. Sill, Oklahoma)
- 212th Fires Brigade (Ft. Bliss, Texas)
- 214th Fires Brigade (Ft. Sill, Oklahoma)
- 36th Engineer Brigade (Ft. Hood, Texas)
- 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade (Ft. Hood, Texas)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion
- 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion
- 89th Military Police Brigade (Ft. Hood, Texas)
- 13th Sustainment Command (Ft. Hood, Texas)
Literatur
- Allen, Robert S. Lucky Forward: The History of Patton's Third U.S. Army. New York: Vanguard Press, 1947.
- American Battle Monuments Commission. American Armies and Battlefields in Europe. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1938. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1992.
- Cole, Hugh M. The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1965.
- The Lorraine Campaign. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1950.
- First United States Army Report of Operations, 23 February-8 May 1945. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1946.
- Forty, George. Patton's Third Army at War. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978.
- Historical Section, Army War College. Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War; American Expeditionary Forces; General Headquarters, Armies, Army Corps, Services of Supply, and Separate Forces. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1937. Reprint. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1988.
- Le Mon, Warren J. „Tank Maneuver Country.“ Army Information Digest 21 (January 1966):45-5 1.
- MacDonald, Charles B. The Last Offensive. United States Army in World War II. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1973.
- McNamara, James C., et al. The Phantom Corps. Shreveport: General Printing Co., 1945.
- Montgomery, John H., Jr. „The Remagen Bridgehead.“ Military Review 29 (July 1949):3-7.
- „A Salute to the Army Corps.“ Army Information Digest 17 (September 1962):26-31.
- Van Fleet, James A. „III Corps Operations.“ Army and Navy Journal 83 (7 December 1945):53ff.
- Wallace, Brenton G. Patton and His Third Army. Harrisburg: Military Service Publishing Company, 1946.
Weblinks
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ III Corps transfers authority to XVIII Airborne (MNF-Iraq.com vom 11. Februar 2008; englisch)
- ↑ Odierno hands over post (Killeen Daily Herald vom 19. Juli 2008; englisch))
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