XXI Corps (United States)
| XXI Corps | |
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Shoulder sleeve insignia of XXI Corps | |
| Active | 1943–45 1957–70 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Size | Corps |
| Engagements | World War II |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Frank W. Milburn Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Ralph C. Cooper Van H. Bond Harry L. Hillyard |
| Insignia | |
| XXI Corps Flag | |
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The XXI Corps was a corps of the U.S. Army during World War II. It was constituted on 2 December 1943, and activated on 6 December 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. XXI Corps fought for 116 days in the European Theater of Operations, starting in the Alsace, crossing into southern Germany, and swarming into Austria, with individual elements reaching into northern Italy. The corps was commanded in combat by Major General Frank W. Milburn as a subordinate unit of the Seventh U.S. Army.
On 3 February 1944 the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 214th Field Artillery Group was constituted in the Army of the United States and was assigned to XXI Corps, Fourth United States Army. It was activated on 17 April 1944 at Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.