Thanksgiving 1942 VI Corps HQ Providence Rhode Island

[Walt's Daughter]

My friend Ted Furtado, Carl Furtado's son, did a little digging for me on the subject. It's a tough thing to research, but he was able to gather a little more info for us. Thank you so much Ted. Very grateful for your time and assistance.

 

 

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Just nosing around a little.

VI Corps was definitely HQ’d in Providence 1940-1941, but I’m guessing for a very short time (perhaps 1942 when we entered the war and there was more re-org?)

 

http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073968/1941-09-26/ed-1/seq-1/ocr.txt

 

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary%20corp%20in%20ww1/7thdivheadquartersftordww2.html

 

In the above document (mostly about Fort Ord) pages 21 & 22 you will find:

THE FIELD FORCES
The Field Forces of the Army of the United States, organized during the 1940-41 emergency, consisted of general headquarters (GHQ), four field armies, the Army Air Forces, the Armored Force, and a GHQ reserve.

The army corps is a tactical unit consisting of a corps headquarters, auxiliary units called corps troops, and a variable number of divisions. The initial apportionment of army corps to the four field armies with their several headquarters is as follows:

FIRST ARMY (Governors Island, New York)
I Corps, Columbia, South Carolina
II Corps, Wilmington, Delaware
VI Corps, Providence, Rhode Island

SECOND ARMY (Memphis, Tennessee)
VII Corps, Birmingham, Alabama

THIRD ARMY (San Antonio, Texas)
IV Corps, Jacksonville, Florida
V Corps, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
VIII Corps, Brownwood, Texas

FOURTH ARMY (Presidio of San Francisco, California)
III Corps, Presidio of Monterey, California
IX Corps, Fort Lewis, Washington

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/rbml/lehman/pdfs/0243/ldpd_leh_0243_0007.pdf

 

This document refers to VI Corp personnel from Providence RI and Hillsgrove RI.

· Hillsgrove was the section of Warwick RI where the airport was and is today.

· Army aircorps?

 

http://www.wikiwand.com/en/T._F._Green_Airport#/History

 

The Army Air Force took control from 1942 to 1945, using it for flight training.^[4]

 

 

^{http://www.wikiwand.com/en/143d_Airlift_Squadron#/Stations}

^{Refers to how} The 143d Airlift Squadron ^{was assigned to the VI Corps}

· VI Army Corps, 30 December 1940

 

 

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/37160984_Postcard_Written_by_Thomas_Ellis_to_the_Bryant_College_Service_Club_Dated_August_4_1942

This college is now Bryant University in RI

 

http://www.ebay.ca/sch/sis.html?_itemId=111316532567&_nkw=1940s+WWII+Era+VI+Army+Corps+Providence+Rhode+Island+6th+Army+matchbook+VINTAGE&_pgn=4&_skc=150&rt=nc

This ebay site had lots of WWII and Providence postcards, photos.

Page 4 has postcards of Hillsgrove/RI State Airport in 1940

 

https://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/4876/

 

The Commanding General VI Corps Providence in 1942

 

http://users.skynet.be/jeeper/territory.html

 

http://ebays.com.ua/catalog/show/111535350381/

 

Another matchbook sighting – Russian ebay origin?

 

That’s all I’ve got!

 

Best regards,

 

Ted