The XVI Corps was a

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-sized formation of the

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History

The XVI Corps was initially constituted on 1 October 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, and was activated on 7 December 1943 at

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, Kansas. During

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, XVI Corps fought in the

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as part of the

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. The Corps comprised the 29th Infantry Division under Major General

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, the 75th Infantry Division under Major General Ray E. Porter, the 79th Infantry Division under Major General Ira T. Wyche, and the 95th Infantry Division under Major General Harry L. Twaddle. After the end of the war the corps was inactivated on 7 December 1945 at

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, New Jersey. XVI Corps was reactivated in April 1951 as the Far East Command reserve.Stars and Stripes Following its reactivation in May 1951, XVI Corps was headquartered at Sendai, Japan, until it was deactivated there on 20 November 1954. The corps mission was to control divisions and other units attached to it by Far East Command. Elements of the 40th and 24th Infantry Divisions and the 1st Cavalry Division under XVI Corps control were stationed at Camp Schimmelpfennig from 1951 until after the corps was inactivated. The corps was active again from 22 November 1957 until 30 April 1968 at Omaha, Nebraska. During this time, the Corps oversaw a number of Army Reserve units in the southwestern mid-West and the mountain states.

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wrote regarding the XVI Corps during the Vietnam War: '.. "I was then assigned as CG, XVI Corps, in Omaha, in charge of the Reserves of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. This turned out to be mostly fire suppression, because ..

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Campaign credits

* Rhineland * Central Europe

Commanders

* Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson (December 1943 – October 1945) * Maj. Gen.

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(October 1945 – December 1945) * Maj. Gen.

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(August 1951 – 1952) * Maj. Gen.

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(1952–1952) * Maj. Gen.

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(1952 – August 1953) * Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Williams (August 1953 – November 1954) Artillery commander * Brig. Gen.

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(December 1943 – December 1945)

Notes

References

* Clay, Steven E., (2010). ''U.S. Army Order of Battle 1919–1941''. Volume 1. Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute Press * Stanton, Shelby L., (1991). ''World War II Order of Battle''. New York: Galahad Books * Wilson, John B., compiler (1999). ''Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades''. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

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