XVI Corps (United States)

The XVI Corps of the U.S. Army was initially constituted on 1 October 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, and was activated on 7 December 1943 at Fort Riley, Kansas. During the Second World War, XVI Corps fought in the European Theater of Operations as part of the Ninth United States Army.

After the end of the war the corps was inactivated on 7 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

XVI Corps was reactivated in April 1951 as the Far East Command reserve. Following its reactivation in May 1951, XVI US Corps was headquartered at Sendai, Japan, until it was inactivated there on November 20, 1954. The Corps mission was to control Divisions and other units attached to it by Far East Command. Elements of 40th and 24th IDs and 1st Cav. Div. under XVI US Corps control were stationed at Camp Schimmelpfennig from 1951 until after the Corps was inactivated.

The corps was active again from 22 November 1957 until 30 April 1968 at Omaha, Nebraska.

Campaign credits

 * Rhineland
 * Central Europe

Commanders

 * Maj. Gen. John B. Anderson (December 1943 – October 1945)
 * Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Finley (October 1945 - December 1945)

Artillery commander
 * Brig. Gen. Charles C. Brown (December 1943 – December 1945)