Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!srcsip!rutgers!att!cbnews!rshu@ads.com From: rshu@ads.com (Richard Shu) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: What is the Phantom Corps? Message-ID: <5402@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 5 Apr 89 02:20:07 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.ATT.COM Lines: 25 Approved: military@att.att.com From: Richard Shu Lest this appear to be military Trivial Pursuit, let me explain that I'm reading a document entitled "III Corps Maneuver Booklet" by Don Holder. The Foreword (written by LTG Crosbie Saint, Commanding) says ... > The Phantom Corps' experience in World War II holds a number of lessons > for those who now serve in the Army's only offensively-oriented heavy > corps. (!) It was the III Corps that led the way in Patton's famous > 90 degree turn into the southern flank of the bulge in December 1944. > ... Wherever it fights next, III Corps will again serve as a theater > attack force. The implication is that III Corps is also called Phantom Corps for some reason that I haven't found yet. Anybody know why? I was surprised by the statement that the Army has only one offensively-oriented heavy corps. Does this mean that III Corps' training emphasizes the offense while the other corps' training emphasize defense? Where is III Corps based? Rich