XIII Airborne Corps

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring 1943
1945
gptkbp:associatedWith Allied Forces
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Belgian_Fourragère
French Croix de Guerre
Presidential Unit Citation
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Germany
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Holland
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Major_General_Elwood_Quesada
gptkbp:commandStructure Corps level command
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagesIn gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:established gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:filmography gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1945
gptkbp:hasPerformance 1943
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Fort_Bragg
Camp Mackall
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First_Airborne_Corps_in_the_U.S._Army
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label XIII Airborne Corps
gptkbp:insignia Corps insignia
gptkbp:legacy Influenced modern airborne operations
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:XIII_Airborne_Corps_Association
Army
gptkbp:motto “The_Sky_is_the_Limit”
gptkbp:nickname “The Thirteenth”
gptkbp:notableOperations Operation Market Garden
Operation Varsity
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:reform 1945
gptkbp:size approximately 10,000 personnel
gptkbp:subordinateUnits gptkb:82nd_Airborne_Division
gptkb:101st_Airborne_Division
gptkbp:successor gptkb:XVIII_Airborne_Corps
gptkbp:supportRole Airborne Assault
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Airborne_Medical
Airborne Artillery
Airborne Engineers
gptkbp:symbol Parachute and wings emblem
gptkbp:training Paratrooper training
gptkbp:type gptkb:Airborne_Corps