It was the first armored division of the United States' Army to see battle in World War II. The law also provided that reservists who did not perform satisfactorily after basic training might be ordered, without their consent, to active duty not to exceed forty-five days. 29-38. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Original US Korea / Vietnam War Army Trench Overcoat Jacket 4th Armored Division at the best online prices at eBay! Subscribe to 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division Footer menu. The Section V Committee opposed the reduction of the Organized Reserve Corps from twenty-five to thirteen divisions because it feared unfavorable publicity, particularly with the nation at war. Prior to the redeployment of 24th Infantry Division to Korea in summer of 1953, elements of the 1st Cavalry Division and 24th Infantry Division had served there as security forces on a rotation basis since October 1952. Ltr, TAG to CGs, U.S. Army, Caribbean, and Third Army, 2 Dec 54, sub: Organization of the 23d Infantry Division, AGAO-I (M) 322 (17 Nov 54) G-, 23d Inf Div file, and Ltr, CGs, U.S. Army, Alaska, and Sixth Army, 27 Oct 54, sub: Organization of the 71st Infantry Division, AGAO-I (M) 322 71st Inf Div (12 Oct 54) G-1, 71st Inf Div file, both DAMH-HSO; Semiannual Report of the Secretary of the Army, 1 Jul-Dec 54, p. 20; "Scattered from Here to Yon, Two ' Wilson Divisions' Formed," Army Times, 20 Nov 54. Divisions in Japan were completing a reorganization that reflected greatly reduced manning and equipment levels. 69-72, 85-87. Which U.S. Army Division accompanied the 1st Marine Division in the Inchon Amphibious Invasion during the Korean War ? Branch replacement centers replaced the training divisions. Those units, dubbed "Wilson Divisions" after Secretary of Defense Wilson, who approved their activation while cutting the strength of the Army, made use of existing regimental combat teams. After much debate in Washington, Truman sanctioned its deployment. As noted, training centers failed to meet the demand for replacements, but the political decision to limit mobilization precluded expanding the existing training centers or opening others, forcing the Army to use combat divisions to perform that function, The Korean War brought about a major social change that touched all units throughout the Army. Hoge was promoted to major general in May 1945, lieutenant general in June 1951, and full general on October 23, 1953. TOE 17, Armored Division, 29 Dec 1952; Stubbs and Connor, Armor-Cavalry, pp. By then military leaders had decided the large undermanned force of fifty-two divisions developed after World War II was unrealistic. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Harry S. Truman, January 1, 1950 to December 1950 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1965), p. 532. The Army had maintained all-black units since the Civil War, but military efficiency tests showed that blacks fought and performed better in integrated units than in segregated ones. For example, the 11th Airborne Division from Fort Campbell replaced the 5th Infantry Division in Germany in 1956, but the 5th's new station was Fort Ord, a former training center. On 1 July of that year the Army authorized the new Far East commander, General Matthew B. Ridgway (Truman had relieved MacArthur the previous April) to integrate all units under his control, except for the 40th and 45th Infantry Divisions. During the Korean War, at the request of General Matthew Ridgway, the Eighth United States Army commander, Hoge commanded the IX Corps. ... while the 2nd ROK Marine Division performs more security operations and mans a sector of the DMZ facing the North Korean border. gun was authorized for the heavy tank battalion. Fehrenback, This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness (New York: Macmillan Company, 1963), p. 202; Ltr, Henry P. Carrington to Edgar M. Howell, 18 Nov 50, 63d Field Artillery Battalion file, DAMH-HSO; Military History Section, "A Brief History of the 34th Infantry Regiment" (United States Army Forces, Far East, Nov 1954), 34th Infantry file, DAMN-HSO. The first meetings of Soviet and American troops along the Elbe River near Torgau in April, 1945, heralded the approaching end of WWII in Europe. 86-87, 90-94; Stubbs and Connor, Armor-Cavalry, p. 77. 117-20; Stillwaugh, "Personnel Policies," ch. They hoped such a system would avoid alienating the general public and maintain the morale of the soldiers themselves. Because all the divisional tank and antiaircraft artillery battalions there had been reduced to a company or battery, replacement units had to come from the United States. The Army Staff expected the division to be trained by the late spring of 1951, Because it would have taken too much time to organize new Regular Army divisions and Class B Organized Reserve Corps divisions (officers and enlisted cadre), the Army's leadership decided to recommend bringing some understrength National Guard divisions into federal service. When the war ended on November 11, 1918, the Ivy Division had earned five battle streamers. After its return from the Korean War, the 40th Infantry Division was reorganized on 1 July 1954 as the 40th Armored Division.. In any future war on the Korean Peninsula, U.S. and South Korean forces would encounter a familiar foe: the Korean People’s Army (KPA) 105th Armored Division. See more ideas about world war two, world war ii, wwii. and 4.2-inch mortars, and the number of automatic rifles was increased in the regiment, Improved aircraft technology provided all three types of divisions with new resources. Redesignation, Organization, Reorganization and Withdrawal of Federal Recognition, Army National Guard Units, NG-AROTO 325.4 (30 Sep 55) GA, GA NG file, Ltr, NG13 to AG. Republic of Korea Army divisions are typically smaller than their foreign counterparts. No separate aviation unit won approval, and technically the aircraft remained dispersed to the various units throughout the divisions. In March 1952 the 80th, 84th, 100th, and 108th Airborne Divisions were reorganized and redesignated as infantry divisions, and the 63d, 70th, and 75th Infantry Divisions replaced the 13th, 21st, and 22d Armored Divisions. Some of their elements, however, continued to serve in the active force, The structure of the reserve components came under close scrutiny during the Korean War. By the end of July both divisions had joined in the fight, with the almost totally gutted 7th Division remaining in Japan, As the three understrength divisions fought in Korea, the Army Staff set about to bring them to full strength, along with the 7th Infantry Division in Japan. DA Bull 12, 1955; Crossland and Currie, Twice the Citizen, pp. 202-04. To accommodate the additional personnel needed to implement the rotation, the training base was further expanded in the spring of 1951. Hoge later directed Combat Command B of the 9th Armored Division, in its heroic actions in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, and in its celebrated capture of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine River at Remagen. 1, pp. Various barriers-language, cultural differences, inadequate training, and unfamiliarity with Army organization, weapons, and tactics-hindered the program from achieving its goal. ABMC honors the services of overseas U.S. Armed Forces by maintaining and promoting America's overseas commemorative … The division landed at Utah Beach on 24 July 1944 and moved into combat on 2 August. Although the Army Reserve hoped these provisions would help to meet manning problems, the measure failed. Subscribe to 53rd Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division Footer menu. Several benefits resulted: the European command received an airborne division, a unit it had wanted for some time; the U.S. Continental Army Command (CONARC), successor to the Army Field Forces, gained a post, Fort Campbell, and equipment to test a new divisional structure for the airborne division; and the number of divisions remained unchanged, As the divisions rotated, the U.S. Army, Europe, and Seventh Army closely monitored their activities and readiness to determine the effect of the moves on the units. The 40th and 45th Infantry Divisions moved to Japan, where they completed their training. Truman, Papers of the President, 1950, p. 626; Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (New York: W. W. Norton and Co., 1969), pp. A review of all divisional tables of organization resulted in slightly smaller divisions. Instead, he favored dispatching a team from the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell built around the 187th Airborne Infantry. With casualties of 376 killed and 1,457 wounded, the 40th Infantry Division's casualties were the … The method of exchange revived a technique that had been developed during World War II. After the United Nations spring counteroffensive, which ended on 8 July 1951, negotiations began for an armistice, with the number of Army divisions in Korea remaining fixed at six until the summer of 1953, To field the divisions destined for Korea, the Army stripped the General Reserve of its resources. After the summer of 1950 its divisional units consisted of only the understrength 2d Armored Division, the partially organized 11th Airborne Division, and, closest to its wartime authorized strength, the 82d Airborne Division. As elements of the 3d arrived in Japan, elements of the 7th Infantry Division landed at Inchon. 237, 247, 503; Walter G. Hermes, Truce Tent and Fighting Front, United States Army in the Korean War (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1966), p. 472. The 5th Infantry Division was activated at Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania, increasing the number of training divisions to ten, the maximum number during the Korean War. 28-29; "Induction and Release of Army National Guard Units," pp. Shortly after the 24th's departure, the Far East Command brought the 25th Infantry Division and the 1st Cavalry Division to some semblance of effective fighting strength by stripping the 7th Infantry Division. Hermes, Truce Tent and Fighting Front, pp. As a result, the 24th Infantry Division, in the midst of moving to Japan, reversed its course and rejoined the 7th Infantry Division in Korea Coakley et al., "Demobilization," pp. ABMC honors the services of overseas U.S. Armed Forces by maintaining and promoting America's overseas commemorative … 1-15; Walter H. Ramsey, "The Big Bazooka: Russian Tanks Were No Match for Our 3.5-Inch Weapon," Ordnance 35 (May-Jun 1951): 638-40. 6, pp. The system traditionally required the Army to maintain a large manpower overhead as a substantial percentage of its soldiers were always in transit. The one exception was the 25th Infantry Division, which fielded a black regimental combat team built around the 24th Infantry. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. To accommodate them, the Army reactivated four World War II camps, and early in September the 28th (Pennsylvania), 40th (California), 43d (Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Vermont), and 45th (Oklahoma) Infantry Divisions entered active federal service. At the beginning of 1957 the Army thus had 56 combat divisions and 12 training divisions. By 1 July 1955 only seven major training centers remained, of which five were operated by divisions. In the first engagements of the Korean War, the 2.36-inch bazooka had proved inadequate against the Soviet T-34 tanks supplied to the North Koreans. 80-88. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 703-584-1501. To address the personnel problem, the division commander reassigned the personnel from one of its regimental combat teams and one general support field artillery battalion elsewhere in the division. In 1949, the 758th Tank Battalion was redesignated the 64th Heavy Tank Battalion, and assigned to the 2nd Armored Division. Divisions in Japan were completing a reorganization that reflected greatly reduced manning and equipment levels. The lessons of Task Force Smith and the deployment of other units to Korea in the summer of 1950 thus appeared to be already lost. Cemeteries & Memorials; Burial Search; About Us; Education; Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Instagram; ABMC Headquarters 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 500 Arlington, VA 22201 Phone: 571-842-0020. Since a large portion of its personnel and equipment had been withdrawn earlier to meet other demands in Korea, the 3d Division had fewer than 5,000 men. In Korea, he served on the staff of first the 10th Corps and then the 9th Corps. Personnel from the paired divisions were to exchange places every three years. The helicopter, boasting both vertical lift and hover capability, became a practical tactical and transport asset, playing a key role in supply and medical evacuation in Korea. Crossland and Currie, Twice a Citizen, pp. : Scholarly Resources Inc., 1981), pp. Tank companies were equipped with the M24 light tank because the Far East Command had feared that heavier tanks would damage Japanese roads and bridges. 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach 11 July and entered combat. Historical Section, USAREUR, "The Replacement and Augmentation System in Europe (1945-1963)," pp. The Department of Defense, therefore, authorized the activation of the 23d and 71st Infantry Divisions. In June 1954 the Fourth Army activated the 4th Armored Division, the first division to be equipped with the new M48 90-mm. "Name Enough" "Rolling Fourth" 5th Armored Division – "Victory"; probably from the Roman numeral 5, which is a "V" (for "victory"). Jul 23, 2017 - Explore Susan Eggert's board "4th ARMORED DIVISION" on Pinterest. 3, pt. 1-4; Ltr, TAG to CG, Fourth Army, 28 May 54, sub: Activation of the 4th Armored Division, AGAO-I (M) 322 (26 May 54) G-1, 4th Armd Div file, and Ltr, TAG to CGs, Second Army and Continental Army Command (CONARC), 9 Mar 55, sub: Change in Status of 3d Armored Division, AGAO-1 (M) 322 3d Armd Div (8 Mar 55) G-1, 3d Armd Div file, both DAMN-HSO; "4th Armored Reactivated at Ft. For the eighteenth division, the Army reactivated the Regular Army's 1st Armored Division in March. The 1st Cavalry Division and the 7th, 24th, and 25th Infantry Divisions all lacked reconnaissance, military police, and replacement companies, medical detachments, and bands. In response, the armored division fielded the first new family of tanks since World War II. Under the new rules the Ready Reserve comprised Early and Late Ready Forces, categories which replaced the old Class A, B, and C units. 92-96, 168-71. During the waning days of the conflict, immediately before the armistice on 25 July, the 24th Infantry Division returned to Korea as a rear area force to bolster the security of prisoner-of-war camps, In 1952 Congress authorized what were in effect eight more divisions for the National Guard to replace the units in federal service. 3, p. 1; Ltr, TAG to CG, Second Army, 21 Feb 51, sub: Activation of the 5th Infantry Division (Training), AGAO-1 322 (2 Feb 51) G -1-M, 5th Inf Div file, and Historical Data Card 5th Inf Div, DAMH-HSO; Robert W. Coakley, Karl E. Cocke, Daniel P. Griffin, "Demobilization Following the Korean War," OCMH Study 29, pp. 1-2 (Secret, material used unclassified), DAMN-HSR. 298-300; Truman, Papers of the President, 1950, pp. The invasion of South Korea on 25 June 1950 exposed a hollow Army. A few months after the plan's inception, the command curtailed it because of improvements in the replacement system and the desire to concentrate on rebuilding the Republic of Korea Army. Within a year and a half the number of Army combat divisions on active duty went from ten to twenty. At the height of the Korean War the active Army had eight divisions in the Far East, five in Germany, and a seven division General Reserve in the United States. 4th Armored Division. 1, pp. Under the Korean Augmentation to the United States Army (KATUSA) program, approximately 8,600 Koreans were to serve in each American division as soldiers. In July 1952 Congress passed new legislation that redesignated the Organized Reserve Corps as the Army Reserve and gave legal status to the concept of the Ready Reserve, Before the dust had settled on the reforms, the Army realized that it had failed to improve unit manning or meet reasonable mobilization requirements. In July he asked for the 2d Infantry Division, stationed at Fort Lewis; a regimental combat team from the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg; and some smaller units. Subscribe to 22nd Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Armored Division Footer menu. They reorganized, without approved tables of organization, the 70th, 76th, 78th, 80th, 84th, 85th, 89th, 91st, 95th, 98th, 100th, and 108th Infantry Divisions as cadre for replacement training centers and organized the 75th "Maneuver Area Commands" using the resources of the 75th Infantry Division. On 10 August the president approved inducting four Guard infantry divisions. On 26 December, the 4th Armored reached the besieged US 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne and took up positions around the perimeter defenses. The Army made no other divisional changes in the reserve troop basis at that time, Along with the reorganization of the Organized Reserve Corps divisions, the Army published new regulations formalizing a "Ready Reserve" concept. 4th Armored Division landed at Utah Beach 11 July and entered combat. A new reserve troop basis resulted, this time calling for 37 divisions, 27 in the National Guard and 10 in the Army Reserve. The division saw service in the Gulf War alongside the Egyptian 4th Armored Division during Operation Desert Shield. To operate the centers, Army Field Forces activated five Regular Army divisions, the 8th Infantry at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; the 101st Airborne at Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky; the 5th Armored at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas; the 6th Armored at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri; and the 7th Armored at Camp Roberts, California, between August and November 1950. As the United States assumed leadership of the Western democracies, a ready force, backed by fully manned and equipped reserves, took on added significance. Congress insisted, however, that the National Guard divisions have an opportunity to fight, and in the winter of 1951-52 the 40th and 45th Divisions replaced the 1st Cavalry and 24th Infantry Divisions in Korea. Between May and November 1951 the 2d Armored Division and the 4th, 28th, and 43d Infantry Divisions joined the 1st Infantry Division in Germany. Shortly thereafter the 2d and 3d Infantry Divisions, reduced to near zero strength in Korea, replaced the National Guard 44th and 47th Infantry Divisions at Forts Lewis and Benning. The 23d Infantry Division, the former Americal Division of World War II fame, controlled units stationed in the Canal Zone, Puerto Rico, and the southeastern United States from its headquarters at Fort Amador, Panama Canal Zone. 21-24, National Guard Induction, Korean War, Reference Paper files, DAMH-HSO; OCAFF Diary, "Action in Support of FECOM 3 July 1950- 30 September 1950," Ms, DAMH-HSR; Ltr, TAG to CGs, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Armies, 6 Sep 50, sub: Reorganization of Certain Units Called to Active Duty from Civilian Components, AGAO-1 322 Gen Res (23 Aug 50) G-1-M, AG Reference files. 7-12, Ms, DAMHHSR; David Curtis Skaggs, "The KATUSA Experiment: The Integration of Korean Nationals into the U.S. Army, 1950-1965," Military Affairs 38 (Apr 1974): 53-58. In 1952 General Mark W. Clark reorganized the Far East Command as a unified command with U.S. Army Forces, Far East, as the Army's element. The latter, except for the 82d Airborne Division, served in a training capacity, mostly providing replacements for the overseas forces. After considerable debate, President Truman declared a national emergency, which required additional military forces to meet the Soviet threat in Europe as well as to fight the war in Korea. In response, the Army Staff developed the GYROSCOPE program, which paired a division in the United States with an overseas division. In Europe the 9th and 5th Infantry Divisions replaced the 28th and 43d Infantry Divisions, while the 8th and 10th Infantry Divisions in the United States replaced the 31st and 37th at Fort Carson and Fort Riley. TOE 7-11, Infantry Regiment, 15 May 1952; "Tools for the Fighting Man: Small Arms," Armed Forces Talk (18 Jan 1952) pp. Karl Cocke, "The Reserve Components," OCMH Study 130, pp. See more ideas about Armor, World war ii, World war. Played role in operation to deceive the Germans of the real landing site-invasion of … The rest of the division quickly followed by sea. To obtain the additional divisions, the president approved the induction of the National Guard's 31st (Alabama and Mississippi) and 47th (Minnesota and North Dakota) Infantry Divisions into federal service in January 1951. Hoge achieved his senior command in the army as Commander-in-Chief of United States Army Europe. After the Korean War budgetary constraints exacerbated the manning conditions, while the general reliance of the Eisenhower administration on nuclear deterrence put the fiscal emphasis on weapons systems rather than on the combat divisions. The 71st, with its headquarters at Fort Richardson, Alaska, included units in Alaska and the northwestern United States. This page was last edited on 14 February 2017, at 00:07. In October the 25th Infantry Division with its personnel and equipment moved from Korea to Hawaii, where it became part of the Pacific area reserve. 1st Air Cal Division. Subsequently the 34th Infantry and 63d Field Artillery Battalion returned to Japan, where they were reorganized to train replacements, In August 1950 MacArthur planned an amphibious assault at Inchon, Korea, that would include the 7th Infantry Division, the only U.S. Army division left in Japan. In addition, because of the Army's severe manpower shortages divisions in Europe were also reorganized under the reduced tables that same summer, and the tables were applied to the 25th Infantry Division, posted at Schofield Barracks, the following year, Besides looking at the organizational tables for possible personnel cuts, the Army examined the individual replacement system. 11-20, 25-27, Ms, DAMN-HSR. Hoge directed one of the great engineering feats of World War II, the construction of the 1,519-mile (2,450 km) ALCAN Highway in nine months. Infantry and airborne divisions were authorized sixteen traditional fixed-wing aircraft and ten helicopters, while each armored division fielded eighteen aircraft and ten helicopters. They thought thirteen, rather than twelve, reserve divisions should be maintained to provide a better geographic distribution of the units. Roy E. Appleman, South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, United States Army in the Korean War (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1961), pp. 21-24. Memo, G-1 for G-3, 24 Oct 50, sub: Development of Army's Position in a Complete Review of Civilian Components Structure, G-1 326 (24 Oct 50), and SS, G-3 for Cots, 5 Apr 51, sub: Development of Army Position in a Complete Review of Civilian Components Structure, G-3 326 (24 Oct 50), both Army Reserve file, DAMH-HSO. In 1950, the 64th Tank Battalion was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, and deployed overseas for the Korean War. New York, California, Georgia, and Florida agreed to convert the 27th, 40th, and 48th Infantry Divisions. General William Morris Hoge (January 13, 1894 – October 29, 1979) was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I, World War II and the Korean War, with a military career spanning nearly forty years. A 4th Infantry Division grenadier later in the war. 8-9. Eisenhower, Papers of the Presidents, 1953, pp. The M103 (T43) tank armed with a 120-mm. William M. Hoge grew up in Lexington, Missouri, where his father, William McGuffey Hoge, served as principal and superintendent at Wentworth Military Academy. One of his key men who worked under him from Alaska to England, Colonel Benjamin B. Talley, directed the planning-specifics of the invasion, using maps, air studies, even tourist photos and postcards culled from the British people to learn the topography, and designate which units would assault which sectors of the two United States beaches. CONARC and Sixth Army, 6 Sep 56, same subject, AGAO-O 322 (9 Aug 56) DCSPER, 71st Inf Div file, DAMH-HSO. Among the amendments to the 1952 law was a provision that allowed young men eighteen and a half years old to enlist in the Army Reserve for eight years. To keep the unneeded fifteen Army Reserve divisions active, they were to be reorganized as training divisions to staff training centers upon mobilization or man maneuver area commands for training troops. On 20 December the Vice Chief of Staff, General John E. Hull, delayed reduction in the number of Reserve Corps divisions until 31 December 1952 but directed the reorganization and redesignation of airborne and armored divisions as infantry as soon as practicable. Subscribe to 93rd Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Armored Division Footer menu. Quick view Compare Add to Cart The item has been ... Korean War; Named Groupings; Ribbon's & Bars; Shop All; US Army Air Patches; US Army DI's; US Army Flashes & Ovals; US Army Patches; US Coast Guard Patches; US Navy Patches; US Navy Rates ; USMC Patches; WW 1; WW 2 Homefront; WW 2 Non Combatant; Publications; Info Patrick … tank. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1960), pp. On I September 1959 the Army terminated GYROSCOPE, following the recommendations of General Clyde D. Eddleman, Commander, U.S. Army, Europe, who believed that other replacement systems worked better with less disruption. Ltr, TAG to CinC, Far East, 26 Jul 50, sub: Reorganization of Certain Units in the Far East Command, AGAO-I 322 (21 Jul 50) G-I M, AG Reference files, DAMH-HSO; Elva Stillwaugh, "Personnel Policies in the Korean Conflict," ch. GYROSCOPE helped to sustain morale, but the scheme did not save money or improve combat readiness, With divisions in the GYROSCOPE program conducting individual training, the Department of the Army reduced the number of training centers. Creighton Abrams served in the 4th Armored Division in Europe during WWII, and made a name for himself at the Battle of the Bulge. 385-89; Charles G. Cleaver, "History of the Korean War," vol. DA Bull 15, 1952; Annual Report of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, 1953, pp. States began organizing NGUS units in 1952, and by the end of the Korean War on 23 July 1953, six out of the eight Guard divisions in federal service had local counterparts. Lit, TAG to CG, U.S. Army, Caribbean, I Mar 56, sub: Change in Status of Certain Units, AGAO-O (M) 322 (10 Feb 56) DCSPER, 23d Inf Div file, and Ltr, TAG to CGs. $32.95. Coakley et al., "Demobilization," pp. 121-25; Coakley et al., "Demobilization," pp. SS, G-3 for CofS, 18 Dec 51, sub: Implementation of the Approved Outline Plan, Army Reserve Forces, 326 (5 Dec 51), Army Reserve Forces Conference, Department of the Army, Army Field Forces, Continental Armies, Fort Monroe, Virginia, 5-9 Nov 1951, Memo for Record, OCofS, 20 Dec 51, sub: Implementation of the Army Reserve Force Reserve Divisional Reorganization, GS 326 (19 Nov 51), and DA Army Reserve Forces Program Summary, 1 Mar 52, all Army Reserve Reference files, Ltr, TAG to CG, Second Army, 18 Apr 52, sub: Change in Status of Certain Army Reserve Divisions, AGAO-I 322 Army Res (6 Mar 52) G-3-M, Ltr, TAG to CG, Third Army, 23 Feb 52, same subject, AGAO-I 322 Army Res (28 Jan 52), Ltr, TAG to CG, Fourth Army, 21 Feb 52, same subject, AGAO-I 322 Army Res (30 Jan 52) G-3-M, Ltr, TAG to CG, Fifth Army, 13 Feb 52, same subject, AGAO-I 326 (25 Jan 52) G -3-M, Ltr, TAG to CG, Sixth Army, 22 Feb 52, same subject, AGAO-I 322 Army Res (29 Jan 52), all AG Reference files, and Historical Data Cards, Army Reserve divisions, all DAMH-HSO. 1914 Army Cadets football—national champions, United States Army Command and General Staff College, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, Honorary Companion of the Order of the Bath, Korean Order of Military Merit, 1st Class, French Croix de guerre 1939–1945 with Palm, Hoge, William Morris, General (1894–1979), Commanding General United States Army Europe, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_M._Hoge&oldid=996504248, Heads of universities and colleges in the United States, United States Army personnel of World War I, United States Army personnel of World War II, United States Army personnel of the Korean War, Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United States), Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army), Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni, Wentworth Military Academy and College alumni, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Chairman of the Board, Interlake Iron Corporation, This page was last edited on 27 December 2020, at 00:28. 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