Portal:US Army Lineage and Honors/US I Corps
US I Corps Lineage
[edit]First US I Corps
[edit]- Organized 15-20 January 1918 in the Regular Army in France as Headquarters, I Army Corps.
- The US I Corps shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the Adjutant General, American Expeditionary Forces on December 3, 1918.
- Demobilized 25 March 1919 in France
- The US I Corps shoulder sleeve insignia was approved by the War Department on June 17, 1922.
- Reconstituted 27 June 1944 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, I Corps; concurrently consolidated with Second Headquarters, I Corps, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, I Corps
Second US I Corps
[edit]- US XX Corps Redesignated 13 October 1927 as Headquarters, US I Corps
- Consolidated 27 June 1944 with First Headquarters, I Corps, and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters, I Corps
- Activated 1 November 1940 at Columbia, South Carolina
- Redesignated 1 January 1941 as Headquarters, I Army Corps
- The original Distinctive Unit Insignia for I Corps was approved on June 8, 1942.
- Redesignated 19 August 1942 as Headquarters, I Corps
- Arrived in Pacific Theater 24 September 1942
- Inactivated 28 March 1950 in Japan
- Activated 2 August 1950 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, I Corps
- A second Distinctive Unit Insignia was authorized on May 21, 1970.
- A third design was approved on September 14, 1982 and cancelled on October 31, 1988
- The current Distinctive Unit Insignia was approved on October 31, 1988.
US I Corps Honors
[edit]Campaign Participation Credit
[edit]- World War I: Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Ile de France 1918; Champagne 1918; Lorraine 1918
- World War II: Papua; New Guinea; Luzon
- Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
[edit]- Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for PAPUA
- Army Superior Unit Award for 1999-2000
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953