XVIII US Airborne Corps
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Corps information
Originally II Armored Corps, then XVIII Corps, then XVIII Airborne Corps

Campaigns
Rhineland WWII
Ardennes-Alsace WWII
Central Europe WWII

Commanding General (CG)
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Maj.-Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway

Chief of Staff
00.00.0000-00.12.1944 Col. Ralph P. Eaton
00.12.1944-00.00.0000 Brig.-Gen. Ralph P. Eaton

Deputy Chief of Staff
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. James B. Quill

Assistant Chief of Staff G-1
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Frederick M. Shellhammer

Assistant Chief of Staff G-2
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Whitfield Jack

Assistant Chief of Staff G-3
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. A. Day Surles

Assistant Chief of Staff G-4
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Frank W. Moorman

Assistant Chief of Staff G-5
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Harry P. Cain

Artillery Officer
00.00.0000-19.12.1944 Col. Theodore E. Buechier
19.12.1944-00.00.0000 Col. Lemuel Mathewson

Engineer Officer
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Benjamin S. Shute

Air Officer
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Jay G. Brown

Medical Officer
00.00.0000-00.00.0000 Col. Wolcott L. Etienne

Sources & links: US Army in WWII
  Clay Blair, Ridgeway's Paratroopers (ISBN 0385278888)
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