The
VI Corps was activated as VI Army Corps in August 1918 at
Neufchâteau, France, serving in the Lorraine Campaign. Constituted in the Organized Reserves in 1921, it was allotted to the Regular Army in 1933 and activated on 1 August 1940 at Fort Sheridan,
Illinois. VI Corps took part in some of the most high profile operations in
World War II.