XX Corps

XX Corps - WWII

Thru hell and high water

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; the 7th Armored Division left the corps and was replaced by the 6th Armored Division
24 September 1944 - Corps went into defensive positions due to lack of supplies
02 - 30 October 1944 - Reached 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

313 gallery images available

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Found in the houses in Thionville: Centurys will Go, But one will stand forever, The Face of a German Front Line Soldi...

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Wiesbaden

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Mainz

Main entrance to estate and caretaker's lodge

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Thionville

Kaiserlantern German prisoners

Kaiserlantern

Alsfeld Notice the figures on the corner of the building

Wiesbaden Our quarters

Falkenberg Our quarters

Wiesbaden

Seine where we crossed at Fountainbleu

Epernay still in ruins from WWI

Ruins of Caen, France

Pillbox on the Moselle River

Saarburg our first quarters in Germany

Conflans and the roofless building we lived in there

Saarburg

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Our first long move, Coutances Cathedral can be seen in the distance

Trier

The famous Roman Arches at Trier

Saarburg

S/SGT Alex Arunski

Trier

Thionville

Saarburg

Harvey Jones (Tenn)

SGT Nurenberg

Trier

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Marnheim

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Olin Simpson (ID)

Thionville Public Toilet

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Dick Fryant

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First Bivouac in France, Bill Scheld at the extreme right

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Taken at Donamarie while Simpson was driver.

SGT Luke

Damage in Thionville

Simpson and Rossi

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Dave Burnham (Miss)

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1st SGT Put

Daigle at Saarburg

Standing on a bust of Hitler in Thionville

Kaiserlantern

Damage in Thionville, truck hauling prisoners

Corporals Scheld, Crist, unknown and Rogers

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Piece of shrapnel from a shell fired from the 'ghost' railroad gun.

In England just before shipping out for France

Taken at the motor pool in Conflans

Captain Javorski

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LT Lennon and Corporal Hughes

SGTS Norenberg and Loss

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LT Garownski

Saarburg

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Stone, Rogers and Crist

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Roland at the lovely chateau with an elevator and garden. This was in Hayange.

Dave Burnham (Miss)

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Courtyard and stables

House, terrace and chapel

L-R: Captain Don Leavy, LT Starmas, LT Garownski, LT Greene and LT Rogers

Corporal Stone

Scheld and unknown

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Thionville

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Front to Back: 1st SGT, Supply SGT, Company Clerk. Works in orderly room, armorer. VanDyke (mailman), officers orderly...

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Olin Simpson

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JK Seymour

Olin Simpson

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JK Seymour

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Jack Benny

Jack Benny Show

Martha Tilton

The Jack Benny Show

T/4 Jake Pressley

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A Power Plant

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Chaplain Whitsett

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John K. White

McAlfin

CPL Harry Neurenberg - Squad Leader

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Siegfried Line

Near Talkenberg

Siegfried Line

Rhine River

Friend or Foe?

General Walker

Captain Barrett and unknowns

Second row from the top, in the middle is Roland Lizotte

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Chow line showing the carriage house that we used as a mess hall

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Roland Lizotte

Roland Lizotte 3rd Army XX Corp, HQ

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Roland Lizotte and friend

Roland and Solange Lizotte

Roland Lizotte in the middle

Moving from Thionville to Saarburg

Roland Lizotte top right

Roland Lizotte on the left. This photo is showing them burying left over food. There was not enough to feed people in ...

Roland Lizotte in the middle

Roland Lizotte

Roland Lizotte - Medals added as gag for his wedding

Roland Lizotte on his way to marry Solange Bontemps

Lieutenant Badger on his way to Roland's wedding

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Roland Lizotte on his way to marry Solange Bontemps, note her name on the truck

Roland Lizotte, Solange Bontemps, with Lieutenant Badger

LT Badger

Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte

Roland Lizotte, Solange Bontemps, with Lieutenant Badger

Roland Lizotte

Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte

St. Wendel

Roland Lizotte and Solange Lizotte and her sister Jeanne in Nancy, France

Roland Lizotte

Roland Lizotte and others at ROTC

PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section Provided by Kearney Family

Peifer and PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section Provided by Kearney Family

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PFC Joe Kearney, G-3 Section Provided by Kearney Family

PFC Joe Kearney (left), SGT Schulz (right) At Tutzing, summer 45 Photo by Sgt Schulz

Thionville

Roland and his cute little French girl. Taken at the motor pool in Conflans.

Captain William Cook James - G3

S/SGT Richard Van Horne

S/SGT Richard Van Horne being awarded the Bronze Star Medal. Pinned on by General Walker.

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

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S/SGT Richard Van Horne and others Reid, Austria, June 1945

1st SGT Richard Van Horne and others (promotion date unknown)

Les Invalides

First bivouac in France

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Coming up the path from the main gate to the house

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First Coke in a long time..

Outside of stables

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Headquarters at Thionville

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Bridge leading from main gate to the house

Thathced roof house in Sutton Burger

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Near first bivouac area

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Chateau at St. Ferte Bernard

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Thionville

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The Siegfried Line

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Focke Wolf 190

Metz

The Hungarian Army surrendering

La Haye-du-Puits

Metz

Metz - A fountain and a road showing some of the results of the fighting

Rhine River valley

In Metz, wishful thinking

Thionville

Metz

The Division Colors on full display in Metz

Verdun

St Jean de Lige showing the villiage and the school. Taken from the road to the motor pool.

Metz

Verdun - Monument to the men of the first world war.

St. Jean de Lige at one end of town.

Conflans

Verdun

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Thionville, Christmas tree

Shakespeare Statue, Park an der Ilm, Weimar, Germany

St Jean de Lige

St Jean de Lige showing the river and the public wash house

The schoolhouse where the outfit was quartered at Jean de Lige

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

Found in the houses in Thionville: Comrades

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Crossed into Austria at Landauer

Saarlautern

St. Wendel

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Alsteid

Saarlautern

Tank trap and victim

XX Corps - Documents

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

Videos

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

Tour Booklet Page 1

Tour Booklet Page 2

Tour Booklet Page 3

Tour Booklet Page 4

Tour Booklet Page 5

Tour Booklet Page 6

Tour Booklet Page 7

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