Portal:US Army Lineage and Honors/US I Corps



=US I Corps Lineage=

First US I Corps

 * 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

 * 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=

Campaign Participation Credit

 * 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

 * 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