Portal:US Army Lineage and Honors/US I Corps

US I Corps Flag

US I Corps Soulder Sleeve Insignia

US I Corps Distinctive Unit Insignia

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

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