The XXII Corps was a
corps
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of the
United States Army
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during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
and
the Cold War. Its lineage was assigned to
II Field Force, Vietnam
II Field Force, Vietnam was a United States Army Corps-level command during the Vietnam War.
Activated on 15 March 1966, it became the largest corps command in Vietnam and one of the largest in Army history. II Field Force was assigned the lin ...
, during the
Vietnam War.
Lineage
Constituted 9 January 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXII Corps. Activated 15 January 1944 at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Inactivated 20 January 1946 in Germany. Allotted 12 July 1950 to the Regular Army. Redesignated 5 January 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
II Field Force. Activated 10 January 1966 at
Fort Hood, Texas. Redesignated 15 March 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
II Field Force, Vietnam
II Field Force, Vietnam was a United States Army Corps-level command during the Vietnam War.
Activated on 15 March 1966, it became the largest corps command in Vietnam and one of the largest in Army history. II Field Force was assigned the lin ...
. Inactivated 3 May 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas. Redesignated 2 September 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XXII Corps.
Commanders
*Major General
Henry Terrell, Jr.
Major general (United States), Major General Henry Terrell Jr. (October 14, 1890 – October 3, 1971) was a senior United States Army Officer (armed forces), officer. Terrell commanded the 90th Infantry Division (United States), 90th Infantry Di ...
(15 January 1944 – November 1944)
*Major General
Ernest N. Harmon (23 January 1945 – 10 January 1946)
Chiefs of Staff
*Brigadier General
Charles Herbert Karlstad (1944−1945)
*Brigadier General
Samuel Tankersley Williams (February 1945−January 1946)
Campaign participation
World War II
*
Rhineland
*
Central Europe
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Vietnam
*Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase II
*Counteroffensive, Phase III
*Tet Counteroffensive
*Counteroffensive, Phase IV
*Counteroffensive, Phase V
*Counteroffensive, Phase VI
*Tet 69/Counteroffensive
*Summer-Fall 1969
*Winter-Spring 1970
*Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Bibliography
* Wilson, John B., compiler (1999). "Armies, Corps, Divisions, and Separate Brigades". Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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Military units and formations established in 1944
Military units and formations disestablished in 1971