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 | On 31 December 1943, the Third Army was transferred to combat army status and at 0830 the next morning came the telephone call for which they had waited so long. |
| Third Army contributed immeasurably to the destruction of the Nazi war machine of Adolph Hitler's Germany. |
| Seventh Army reverted to inoperational status on 25 March whereupon Third Army assumed all occupational and operational responsibilities for the combined areas. |
| Army Central Command - ARCENT / Third United States Army (5520 words) |
| Third Army is capable of performing as the Joint Forces Land Component Command, or Command of a Coalition / Joint Task Force coordinating the combined efforts of all land forces within a theater of operations. |
| The mission of the Third Army was to serve as the administrative headquarters for an area that covered the seven southeastern states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. |
| The experience gained at Third Army Headquarters during the periods of demobilization, expansion, and economy in a short period of three years, prepared the Third Army Commander and his staff for the arduous task of mobilizing and training sufficient troops to cope with the national emergency that arose as a result of the Korean crisis. |
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