I Armored Corps

[ADMIN]

 

NAME:

I Armored Corps / First Armored Corps / 1st Armored Corps

 

NICKNAME:

None.

 

BATTLE HONORS:

 

World War II

Operation Torch

 

ACTIVATED:

July 15, 1940

 

DEACTIVATED:

July 10, 1943 [becomes Seventh Army]

 

HISTORY:

 

World War II

 

Established - July 15, 1940 at Fort Knox, Kentucky under the command of MG Adna R. Chaffee, Jr.

 

Change of command - November 1940 - MG Charles L. Scott assumes command

 

Change of command - 1942-01-15 - MG George S. Patton assumes command

 

Transfer of HQ - January 1942 to Fort Benning, Georgia

 

Training - 1942-03-26 - MG Patton designated to setup Desert Training Center

 

Training - 1924-04-10 to 1942-07-30 at Desert Training Center, California-Arizona Maneuver Area (DTC-CAMA)

 

Planning - 1942-07-30 - 1942-08-05 Patton and staff does initial planning for Operation Torch in Washington, DC

 

Planning - 1942-08-05 - 1942-08-21 Patton and staff does higher level planning for Operation Torch in London, England

 

Tactical Deception - 1942-09-11 I Armored Corps redesignated as Western Task Force to carry out Operation Torch.

 

Combat Mission - Operation Torch - November 8, 1942 - landed near Casablanca

 

Cessation of Tactical Deception - 1943-01-09 Western Task Force redesignated as I Armored Corps

 

Change of command - 1943-03-04 Patton reassigned to command II Corps after Maj. Gen. Lloyd Fredendall is relieved following the loss at the Battle of Kasserine Pass

 

Change of command - 1943-04-15 LTG Patton resumes command

 

Redesignated - 1943-07-10 I Armored Corps becomes U.S. Seventh Army

 

 

Divisional history from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._I_Armored_Corps

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I Armored Corps. Green Back patch.

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