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A7 THE PRESS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 6, 1 9 1 EMQI0G3 Celebrated Army unit soldiers into history IN BRIEF Assm iuli I'rt'ss WASHINGTON From D-day at Normandy to G-day in the Persian Gulf, the Army's VII Corps compiled a celebrated war record. On Thursday, II lost the battle of time. The VII Corps is pulling up stakes In the sector of Germany it defended for more than 40 years, folding its flag and disappearing into the also will be withdrawn but no decisions have been announced. The VII Corps, with more than 71,000 soldiers, 2,200 combat vehicles and 300 helicopters, has defended a 30,000 square mile section of Germany along the former Iron Curtain since the end of World War II. mored Division at Frankfurt.

Germany, and the 8th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Bad Kreuznach. Germany. The two combat divisions that survived the cutbacks are the 3rd Infantry Division and the 1st Armored Division. Other combat units, including one of the Army's two armored cavalry regiments. history books.

The Army announced that as part of a plan to reduce by half the size of the U.S. force In Europe by 1 995, the VII Corps will disband next year, leaving its sister unit, Corps, as the central fighting outfit on the continent. The VII Corps, commanded in the Persian Gulf War by I.t. (ien. Frederick Franks, delivered the knockout blow to the Iraqi Republican Guard forces in a 100-hour ground offensive thai included the largest tank battles in the history of warfare.

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