III Armored Corps
One of four active corps of the U.S. Army, currently part of U.S. Army Forces Command
III Armored Corps
III Armored Corps is a corps of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas. It is a major formation of United States Army Western Hemisphere Command. Activated in World War I in France, III Corps oversaw US Army divisions as they repelled several major German offensives and led them into Germany. The corps was deactivated following the end of the war. Reactivated in the interwar years, III Corps trained US Army formations for combat before and during World War II, before itself being deployed to the European Theater where it participated in several key engagements, including the Battle of the Bulge where it relieved the surrounded 101st Airborne Division. For the next 50 years, the corps was a key training element for the US Army as it sent troops overseas in support of the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. While all of the major units of III Corps were deployed for Desert Shield/Desert Storm, the corps itself saw no combat deployments, until Operation Iraqi Freedom...
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