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By Anita Powell AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday, March 05, 2005 Post welcomes home III Corps soldiers from Iraq. FORT HOOD — Gray skies and cold weather didn't diminish high spirits at a ceremony celebrating the homecoming of about 600 soldiers from Fort Hood's III Corps on Friday afternoon. The one-hour ceremony, full of pomp and pride, showed the uncasing of the division's blue and white flag, welcomed soldiers home and celebrated successes from the group's one-year deployment to Iraq. The ceremony attracted Army and civilian guests and dignitaries. "I'm here to show my support for the American heroes who are returning,...

III Corps preparing to take command of coalition efforts in Iraq By Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, December 20, 2003 HEIDELBERG, Germany — The headquarters that went from planning and leading the charge into Iraq to coordinating the capture of Saddam Hussein is preparing to hand off control of occupation duties in February. After some 14 months in the Middle East, the Germany-based V Corps will turn over command of coalition forces in Iraq to the Fort Hood, Texas-based III Corps. “The corps headquarters will begin leaving for Iraq around the first two weeks of January,”...