cWW2 1943-49 XIX 19th United States (US) Army Corps Formation Sign Patch Badge

U.S. Army XIX Corps shoulder sleeve insignia cloth badge worn from October 1943 - March 10, 1949. VGC.

On October 10, 1943, the Headquarters, III Armored Corps was reorganized and re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, XIX Corps. It fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front of World War II. Disbanded on 5 September 1945 in France, it was reconstituted on 12 July 1950 in the Army of the United States. It was allotted to the Regular Army in October 1959 and activated on 1 November that year at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, where it controlled reserve units in its immediate region. It was inactivated on 1 April 1968 at Fort Chaffee.

Code: 1311