ADMIN Posted November 23, 2006 Share #1 Posted November 23, 2006 NAME: XII Corps / Twelfth Corps / 12th Corps / XII Army Corps NICKNAME: None. BATTLE HONORS: World War II Northern France Rhineland Ardennes - Alsace Central Europe ACTIVATED: Jan 1934 Aug 29, 1942 1947(?) DEACTIVATED: Aug 28, 1942 April 1, 1968 HISTORY: Organized Reserves to World War II The XII Corps was organized in January 1934 in New York, New York as part of the organized reserves. However, the patch design was approved 11 years prior to XII Corps' formation. Originally the XII Corps was placed on the inactive list of organized reserves and the Army had a patch created for the formations on the list. The patch design, approved in 1923, is that of blades of a windmill superimposed on a shield of the city of New Amsterdam (old name for New York) in the Dutch colors of orange and blue. New York was the original location of the corps. World War II The Twelfth Corps was activated on August 29, 1942, with Headquarters at Columbia, South Carolina, and had one change of station before participating in the 1944 Tennessee maneuvers. The Corps embarked for the European Theater in April of 1944 and landed on Utah Beach in Normandy on July 27th. Following occupation duty in southern Germany along the Czech border, the XII was inactivated on December 15th, 1945, at Regensburg after having fought through four campaigns and earning the nickname "Spearhead of Patton's Third Army." Post-World War II Following World War II, the XII Corps was again activated as part of the reserves. For almost twenty years, it continued to act as a reserve training formation. With the Army budget cuts in the late 1960s, the XII Corps was inactivated on April 1, 1968. Divisional history from: http://www.vetshome.com/military_corps_patches_history_2.htm http://www.pbase.com/sfce7/image/43272457 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Baker Posted February 26, 2007 Share #2 Posted February 26, 2007 XII Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted June 24, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 24, 2011 Two versions; note the middle of the wind-mill blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmimedia Posted August 19, 2011 Share #4 Posted August 19, 2011 XII Corps in the UK Does anyone know the headquarters location for XII Corps in England April-May 1944? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
36-tex Posted August 21, 2011 Share #5 Posted August 21, 2011 XII Corps became operational in France as part of Lieutenant General George S. Patton's U.S. Third Army on 1 August 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted May 17, 2015 Share #6 Posted May 17, 2015 Orange border, german made OD border, US made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzemke Posted May 17, 2015 Share #7 Posted May 17, 2015 Interwar period multi piece wool felt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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