XIII Corps (United States)
| XIII Corps | |
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Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr. |
| U.S. Corps (1939–present) | ||||
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Activated on 7 December 1942 in
In total, the corps fought across more than 300 miles of enemy territory and captured more than 247,000 prisoners, as well as taking key cities, such as
The corps was subsequently active as part of the Regular Army from 1958 until 1970 at
Order of battle
During operations in Europe the corps major units included:
- the infantry divisions
- the 5th Armored Division
- the 17th Airborne Division
- the 11th Cavalry Group
- the 19th Anti-aircraft Artillery Group.
- Corps Field Artillery Groups included the 196th, the 202nd, the 411th, the 422nd or the 472nd with the 2d, 70th, 83rd armored, 252nd, 280th, 349th, 695th armored, 753rd, 754th, 755th, 774th, 777th, 787th and 808th artillery battalions.
Other units included: the 3rd and 92nd Chemical Mortar Battalions, 226th Searchlight Battalion, the 135th AAA Gun Battalion, the 556th AAA Automatic Weapons Battalion, the 125th Liaison Squadron (flying Cubs and L-5s), 21st Weather Squadron, 40th Mobile Communications Squadron, 669th Engineer Topographical Company (Corps), 3258th Signal Services Company, 232nd Army Postal Unit, 213th Counter-intelligence Corps Detachment, the 167th and 168th Signal Photo Companies, 1st platoon/278th Signal Pigeon Company, the 184th Medical Battalion (with the 446th and 448th Medical Collecting Companies and the 625th Medical Clearing Company), 822nd Military Police Company, the 80th Quartermaster Battalion (663rd and 648th Quartermaster Truck Companies), the 866th Quartermaster Fumigation and Bath Company, the 102nd, 103rd and 104th Interrogation of Prisoners of War teams, the 457th and 458th Military Intelligence Interpreters teams, the 46th Order of Battle team and the 70th and 101st Photo Interpretation teams.[2]
The corps officially met with the Soviet troops in Gartow where General Gillem met with Lieutenant General Oslikowski of the 3rd Cavalry Corps of the Red Army.
Commanders
- Major General Emil F. Reinhardt (7 December 1942 – December 1943)
- Major General Alvan Cullom Gillem, Jr.(2 December 1943 – August 1945)
Artillery commanders
- Brigadier general Theodore L. Futch(December 1942 – 1944)
- Brigadier general Frank Camm
- Brigadier general John H. Hinds
- Brigadier general Abram F. Kibler