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On 3 December 1982, a special ceremony was held at Fort McPherson to mark the return to Active Army status of Headquarters, Third U.S. Army under the command of Lieutenant General M. Collier Ross. Guests at the event included former Third Army Commanders, General (Retired) Herbert B. Powell and Lieutenant General (Retired) Louis W. Truman.
[1] [3] Webster assumed command of the Third Army/Army Central on May 9, 2009 from Lieutenant General James J. Lovelace and during his tenure was responsible for moving the Third Army's headquarters from Fort McPherson, where it had resided for 62 years, to Shaw Air Force Base in 2011. [4]
The next day Patton, the Third Army commander, warned III Corps that it would likely be ordered to assist. [19] At that time the corps consisted of the 26th and 80th Infantry Divisions and the 4th Armored Division. [20] III Corps was moved north to assist in the relief of Bastogne, Belgium, with the attack commencing at 04:00 on 22 December ...
Promoted to lieutenant general, in 1989 he was given command of the Third United States Army. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, the Third Army was sent to Saudi Arabia in the buildup of coalition forces protecting the Kingdom during Operation Desert Shield. During the ground phase of the Gulf War, the 3rd Army formed the nucleus of the forces performing
Samuel Mason Hogan (November 9, 1915 – May 3, 2005) was a career United States Army officer, serving from 1938 to 1968. In World War II Hogan would serve as commander of the 3rd Armored Division's 3rd Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment also known as Task Force Hogan.
Slider arrives from his most recent assignment as deputy commander of operations for the French army’s 3rd Division through an Army personnel exchange program. ... “To the leaders and soldiers ...
Charles David Costanza (born 30 April 1969) [1] is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the commanding general of V Corps since April 8, 2024. He most recently served as the commanding general of the 3rd Infantry Division from 2021 to 2023.
In June 1944, Lieutenant General George S. Patton was given command of the Third United States Army, a field army newly arrived in the United Kingdom and composed largely of inexperienced troops. Patton's job had been to train the Third Army to prepare it for the upcoming Allied invasion of France , where it would join in the breakout into ...