XX Corps - Brief History
A brief history of XX Corps:
10 October 1943 - Constituted
01 August 1944 - Became part of the 3rd Army in France
10 August 1944 - Secured the bridgehead at Le Mans and liberated Angers
15 � 19 August 1944 - Five-day battle for Chartres
23 August 1944 - Seized a bridgehead over the Aunay River and liberated Fontainebleau
27 August 1944 - Liberated Chateau-Thierry and captured a bridgehead across the Marne River
29 August 1944 - Liberation of Reims
31 August 1944 - Liberation of Verdun and seizure of a bridgehead over the Meuse River
10 September 1944 - Bridgehead established in Arnaville
12 September 1944 - U.S. 90th Infantry Division cleared Thionville
16 September 1944 - Elements of the 7th Armored Division broke out of the Arnaville bridgehead and advanced toward the river Seille
20 September 1944 - Captured Pournoy-la-Cheive, also the 7th Armored Division left the corps and was replaced by the 6th Armored Division
24 September 1944 - Corps goes into defensive positions due to lack of supplies
02 - 30 October 1944 - Reaching the outskirts of Maizieres-les-Metz finally taken on 30 October
Battle Credits: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns
01 March 1946 - Deactivated in Germany
10 October 1943 - Constituted
01 August 1944 - Became part of the 3rd Army in France
10 August 1944 - Secured the bridgehead at Le Mans and liberated Angers
15 � 19 August 1944 - Five-day battle for Chartres
23 August 1944 - Seized a bridgehead over the Aunay River and liberated Fontainebleau
27 August 1944 - Liberated Chateau-Thierry and captured a bridgehead across the Marne River
29 August 1944 - Liberation of Reims
31 August 1944 - Liberation of Verdun and seizure of a bridgehead over the Meuse River
10 September 1944 - Bridgehead established in Arnaville
12 September 1944 - U.S. 90th Infantry Division cleared Thionville
16 September 1944 - Elements of the 7th Armored Division broke out of the Arnaville bridgehead and advanced toward the river Seille
20 September 1944 - Captured Pournoy-la-Cheive, also the 7th Armored Division left the corps and was replaced by the 6th Armored Division
24 September 1944 - Corps goes into defensive positions due to lack of supplies
02 - 30 October 1944 - Reaching the outskirts of Maizieres-les-Metz finally taken on 30 October
Battle Credits: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns
01 March 1946 - Deactivated in Germany
Brief History
Thru Hell and High Water
Battle Map
Divisions
XX Corps - Photos
Thionville
Thionville
Headquarters at Thionville
Thionville
The Siegfried Line
Thionville
Thionville, Christmas tree
Found in the houses in Thionville: Comrades
Found in the houses in Thionville: Centurys will G...
Thionville
Pillbox on the Moselle River
Thionville
Thionville Public Toilet
Damage in Thionville
Damage in Thionville, truck hauling prisoners
Near Talkenberg
Chow line showing the carriage house that we used ...
Moving from Thionville to Saarburg
St. Wendel
Roland and his cute little French girl. Taken at ...
Les Invalides
First bivouac in France
Coming up the path from the main gate to the house
First Coke in a long time..
Outside of stables
Bridge leading from main gate to the house
Thathced roof house in Sutton Burger
Near first bivouac area
Chateau at St. Ferte Bernard
Focke Wolf 190
Metz
The Hungarian Army surrendering
The Hungarian Army surrendering
La Haye-du-Puits
Metz
Metz - A fountain and a road showing some of the r...
Rhine River valley
In Metz, wishful thinking
Metz
The Division Colors on full display in Metz
Verdun
St Jean de Lige showing the villiage and the schoo...
Metz
Verdun - Monument to the men of the first world wa...
St. Jean de Lige at one end of town.
Conflans
Verdun
Shakespeare Statue, Park an der Ilm, Weimar, Germa...
St Jean de Lige
St Jean de Lige showing the river and the public w...
The schoolhouse where the outfit was quartered at ...
Conflans and the roofless building we lived in
Moving to Saarburg
Castle at Pommersfelden (front view)
Castle at Pommersfelden (rear view)
Weimar - Geneva Red Cross trucks (all white)
Abandonded AAA
Crossed into Austria at Landauer
Saarlautern
St. Wendel
Alsteid
Saarlautern
Tank trap and victim
Wiesbaden
Mainz
Main entrance to estate and caretaker's lodge
Kaiserlantern German prisoners
Kaiserlantern
Alsfeld Notice the figures on the corner of the bu...
Wiesbaden Our quarters
Falkenberg Our quarters
Wiesbaden
Seine where we crossed at Fountainbleu
Epernay still in ruins from WWI
Ruins of Caen, France
Ruins of Caen, France
Saarburg our first quarters in Germany
Conflans and the roofless building we lived in the...
Saarburg
Our first long move, Coutances Cathedral can be se...
Trier
The famous Roman Arches at Trier
Saarburg
S/SGT Alex Arunski
Trier
Saarburg
Harvey Jones (Tenn)
SGT Nurenberg
Trier
Marnheim
Olin Simpson (ID)
Dick Fryant
First Bivouac in France, Bill Scheld at the extrem...
Taken at Donamarie while Simpson was driver.
SGT Luke
Simpson and Rossi
Dave Burnham (Miss)
1st SGT Put
Daigle at Saarburg
Standing on a bust of Hitler in Thionville
Kaiserlantern
Corporals Scheld, Crist, unknown and Rogers
Piece of shrapnel from a shell fired from the 'gho...
In England just before shipping out for France
Taken at the motor pool in Conflans
Captain Javorski
LT Lennon and Corporal Hughes
SGTS Norenberg and Loss
LT Garownski
Saarburg
Stone, Rogers and Crist
Roland at the lovely chateau with an elevator and ...
Dave Burnham (Miss)
Courtyard and stables
House, terrace and chapel
L-R: Captain Don Leavy, LT Starmas, LT Garownski, ...
Corporal Stone
Scheld and unknown
Front to Back: 1st SGT, Supply SGT, Company Clerk....
Olin Simpson
JK Seymour
Olin Simpson
JK Seymour
Jack Benny
Jack Benny Show
Martha Tilton
The Jack Benny Show
The Jack Benny Show
T/4 Jake Pressley
A Power Plant
Chaplain Whitsett
John K. White
McAlfin
CPL Harry Neurenberg - Squad Leader
Siegfried Line
Siegfried Line
Siegfried Line
Rhine River
Rhine River
Rhine River
Friend or Foe?
General Walker
Captain Barrett and unknowns
Second row from the top, in the middle is Roland L...
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte 3rd Army XX Corp, HQ
Roland Lizotte and friend
Roland and Solange Lizotte
Roland Lizotte in the middle
Roland Lizotte top right
Roland Lizotte on the left. This photo is showing...
Roland Lizotte in the middle
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte - Medals added as gag for his weddi...
Roland Lizotte on his way to marry Solange Bontemp...
Roland Lizotte on his way to marry Solange Bontemp...
Lieutenant Badger on his way to Roland's wedding
Roland Lizotte on his way to marry Solange Bontemp...
Roland Lizotte, Solange Bontemps, with Lieutenant ...
LT Badger
Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte
Roland Lizotte, Solange Bontemps, with Lieutenant ...
Roland Lizotte, Solange Bontemps, with Lieutenant ...
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte
Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte
Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte
Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte and her sister ...
Roland Lizotte
Roland Lizotte and others at ROTC
PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section
Provided by Kear...
PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section
Provided by Kear...
PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section
Provided by Kear...
Peifer and PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section
Provi...
PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section
Provided by Kear...
PFC Joe Kearney (left), SGT Schulz (right)
At...
Captain William Cook James - G3
S/SGT Richard Van Horne
S/SGT Richard Van Horne being awarded the Bronze S...
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others
S/SGT Richard Van Horne relaxing on a piece of AAA
S/SGT Richard Van Horne
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others Reid, Austria, ...
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others Reid, Austria, ...
S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others Reid, Austria, ...
1st SGT Richard Van Horne and others (promotion da...
XX Corps - Documents
General Orders 1
Through DEC 1944
General Orders 2
Through DEC 1944
General Orders 3
Through DEC 1944
General Orders 4
Through DEC 1944
General Orders 5
Through AUG 1945
General Orders 6
Through AUG 1945
General Orders 7
Through AUG 1945
Corps Artillery
Operational Report 1
OCT 1944
Operational Report 2
NOV 1944
Operational Report 3
DEC 1944
Operational Report 4
JAN 1945
Operational Report 5
FEB 1945
Operational Report 6
MAR 1945
Operational Report 7
APRIL 1945
Operational Report 8
MAY 1945
Operational Report 9
JUNE 1945
Operational Report 10
JULY 1945
Operational Report 11
AUG 1945
Operational Report 12
SEPT 1945
Brief History 1
Brief History 2
Reduction of Fortress Metz
IDPF: Colonel Griffith, Welborn
Aug - Sept After Action Reports
General Orders
G-3 Reports
Various Reports
XX Corps Artillery
241st FA
Randy's Ramblings
Generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton and Walker at Ohrdruf
XX Corps on Review in Metz
(XX Corps is 2nd half of video)
XX Corps Dedication, Jarney (?) France
Starts at 7:36
General Walker Promoted
Starts at 4:48
XX Corps Tour Booklet
XX Corps Links
XX Corps Links
XX Corps Artillery:
734th Field Artillery Battalion
XX Corps Artillery Commander: Brigadier General Slack
XX Corps Artillery Commander: Brigadier General Slack
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