The Twenty-Second Corps was activated on January 15th,
1944, at Camp Campbell, Kentucky, and changed station to
Fort Dupont, Delaware, before embarking for the
European Theater in November of 1944.

The shoulder patch worn by the XXII Corps was approved on
April 16th, 1944, and the device on the patch is a pheon
which is representative of power and srength. The colors
blue and white are from the Corps' distinguishing flag